Company Data Providers

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Overview

Company and investment data is the foundation of VC technology. You need information about companies (name, location, founding date, description, website) and their funding history (rounds, amounts, dates, investors, valuations). This data powers your CRM, deal flow tracking, market analysis, and portfolio monitoring.

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What You’re Looking For

Company basics:

• Name, description, website
• Location and founding date
• Industry/sector classification
• Employee count

Funding history:

• Investment rounds (dates, amounts, valuations)
• Investors in each round
• Lead investors and co-investors
• Total funding raised

Investor data:

• Which VCs invested in which companies
• Fund-level information
• Investment patterns and focus areas

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Providers

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Alternatives

The providers above involve human curation and verification, making them more accurate and contextually rich. The alternatives below are primarily scraped from online sources: useful for specific use cases and supplementary data, but typically less depth and accuracy. More on these in the People Data Providers section.

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Considerations

Coverage varies by geography and stage: Some providers are stronger in US tech, others in European markets, others in specific stages. Test coverage against your target market. Data freshness matters: How quickly does the provider capture new funding rounds? Some are faster than others. API vs dashboard: Some providers focus on dashboard access, others have better APIs for programmatic access. Know what you need. See Considerations for cost and vendor relationship guidance.