Build a deal sourcing
tool to find, enrich
& monitor founders.
Crustdata’s APIs detect and deliver the earliest signals of new founders and startups. From title changes to stealth announcements and detailed people history, we help your team be first to reach the right founders.
Why leading VC funds are
rebuilding sourcing internally
The problem
How we solve it
Everyone sees the same founders at the same time on PitchBook, Harmonic, or Spectre.
With our Real-Time Search API and Watcher API, you instantly see every founder who matches your criteria the moment they appear not weeks later.
Existing platforms were built for data on more established startups, not early stage startups.
Our Watcher API notifies you of early signals such as job title change, stealth company job change, first hires, social posts - the data that actually matters for early stage sourcing.
Existing platforms don’t surface growth signals instantly, resulting in missing potential investment opportunities
Our real-time enrichment APIs and Watcher API crawls the web at the moment of request to find the most up-to-date information and signals.
Scrapers and in-house pipelines break constantly, wasting engineering resources
We power 200+ customers with large volume needs. Our APIs are built to be robust and provide structured, always-fresh people and company profiles.
DVCs are unable to exploit their edge by codifying their thesis due to limited filters lack of reliable data on existing platforms
We give you raw, unbiased, exhaustive data so you can build your own thesis-driven filters without external influence.
Your competitive advantage,
powered by Crustdata
CrustData is the data layer VCs use to programmatically express their thesis.
Our APIs power 20+ deal sourcing workflows.
Real-Time Search API
Instantly surface every founder or startup that matches your filters at this moment in time.
Watcher API (Webhooks)
Be alerted the second an employee leaves their company and becomes a founder, a stealth startup forms, or a team spikes in hiring.
Enrichment APIs
See the full pedigree of founders (education, employment history) and company context (headcount, location, job openings) in one call.
Workflows top funds
are building with our APIs
Sourcing
Find the exact companies and founders you want to invest in using 340+ indepth filters and realtime search APIs.
Powered by our person search and company search APIs.
• Find founders that fit your criteria
• Find stealth founders
• Discover startups as they form
• Build lists of founders or companies that fit criteria and auto add new matches as soon as they appear
Enrichment
Understand the full history of a person and a company to get context before investing.
Powered by our people and company enrichment APIs.
• Build full founder profiles with career history, education, funding
• Map team pedigrees against your thesis
Monitoring
Get notified instantly when a new match fits your investment thesis or there’s a new signal that you care about.
Powered by our Watcher API
• Be the first to know when a founder posts a milestone on social media
• Track stealth startup signals such as stealth page creation
• Keep tabs on portfolio companies for new hires, web traffic increase and more
• Keep tabs on interesting and talented individuals
APIs built for
internal sourcing platforms
The biggest funds have moved beyond dashboards.
Crustdata powers the internal sourcing platforms of some top 10 VCs worldwide.
Real-time infrastructure
Low-latency, high uptime robust realtime APIs.
Deep People & Company Profiles: Comprehensive data with 340+ datapoints across 10 sources.
Advanced filters for accurate search
60+ people search filters and 95+ company search filters to find the exact person or company that fit your criteria without any programmatic limitations.
Customizable signals
Monitor specific signals, even custom ones that matters to your thesis.
1:1 customer support
Clear documentation and Slack support with our engineers.
avoid outreach to wrong fits due to outdated data