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Crunchbase MCP connector

The Crunchbase connector brings company profiles, funding rounds, investors, people, IPOs and events into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client, so anyone signed in can research and compare companies within their own Crunchbase access.

  • How it connects. Connects with an API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Crunchbase to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Crunchbase once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Crunchbase.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Paste a Crunchbase API key. One person generates a token in Crunchbase and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

crunchbase
Crunchbase
Anteriad
Bombora
Captain Data
Clay
Cognism
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Crunchbase MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Crunchbase MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Crunchbase MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect Crunchbase to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Use cases

What teams do with Crunchbase through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Sales

    Qualify a prospect before the first call

    Ask for a company's Crunchbase profile, its latest funding round, headcount range and who invested, and walk into the call knowing whether they have budget and momentum.

  • Business development

    Build a target list from recent raises

    Pull every company in a sector that closed a Series A or B in the last quarter, with investors and locations, and hand the list to the team the same morning.

  • Marketing

    Spot companies to feature or partner with

    Search Crunchbase for organizations that just announced funding or an IPO and draft outreach while the news is still fresh.

  • Corporate development

    Map who owns what before a deal

    Look up ownership records, funding history and investors for an acquisition target and get a one-page summary without opening a dozen Crunchbase tabs.

  • Research

    Compare competitors on funding and growth

    Line up several companies side by side on total raised, last round, founding year and key people, and turn it into a short brief for leadership.

  • Partnerships

    Find who is speaking at an event

    Check which companies and people appear at an upcoming conference in Crunchbase and prepare a shortlist of who to meet there.

Try asking

  • “Pull the latest funding round for our top prospect.”
  • “List new organizations added in fintech this week.”
  • “Show recent event appearances for our target accounts.”

See all 52 Crunchbase tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Crunchbase

All three can connect Crunchbase to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Crunchbase, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Crunchbase tools Allow or restrict single Crunchbase tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Crunchbase call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price $15 per user per month. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

AI tools

Crunchbase tools for your AI agents

52 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Crunchbase, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Crunchbase gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Crunchbase account.

The agent

Ask about any company, get a live answer.

Type a question about an organization or person and get answers pulled from live Crunchbase records.

  • organizations
  • people
  • events
  • event appearances

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Pull the latest funding round for our top prospect.

List new organizations added in fintech this week.

Show recent event appearances for our target accounts.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

One Crunchbase endpoint, every client you use.

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor connect to Crunchbase through one governed org endpoint, no SDK, no shared key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

52 Crunchbase tools, zero custom code.

Browse organizations, people, events and appearances across 52 cataloged tools and methods.

  • Crunchbase autocompletes search
  • List all Crunchbase deleted entities
  • Crunchbase deleted entities get for collection
  • Get single Crunchbase organization by ID
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
Crunchbase autocompletes search Search Search Crunchbase for identifier entities matching a query string, optionally filtered by collection ids. Returns: facet_ids, identifier, short_description. Required: query.
List all Crunchbase deleted entities List List deleted entities in Crunchbase, optionally filtered by collection type and sorted by deletion timestamp. Returns each deleted entity record including its deleted_at timestamp and an identifier object containing entity_def_id, uuid, permalink, image_id, and value.
Crunchbase deleted entities get for collection Get Retrieve deleted entities for a specific collection in Crunchbase. Returns each deleted entity record including its deleted_at timestamp and an identifier object containing entity_def_id, uuid, permalink, image_id, and value. Required: deleted_entity_id.
Get single Crunchbase organization by ID Get Get a single Crunchbase organization by id (UUID or permalink). Returns the full organization entity including identifier, name, description, founded_on, website, categories, company_type, created_at, updated_at, uuid, and permalink. Use the field_ids and card_ids query parameters to select specific fields and relationship cards. Required: id.
Crunchbase organizations get card Get Get a single card for a Crunchbase organization by entity_id and card_id. Returns items with identifier, uuid, created_at, updated_at, entity_def_id, and name, plus card-specific fields that vary by card type. Available cards: child_organizations, child_ownerships, event_appearances, founders, headquarters_address, parent_organization, parent_ownership. Required: entity_id, card_id. Max 100 items…

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Crunchbase toolbox.

Sales, research and marketing each work from a toolbox scoped to their own Crunchbase needs.

  • Sales
  • Research
  • Marketing
  • Investor relations
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Sales toolbox

Crunchbase · prospect organizations and funding signals

Crunchbase starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Research toolbox

Crunchbase · people and organization profiles

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Marketing toolbox

Crunchbase · events and appearances tracking

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Investor relations toolbox

Crunchbase · funding rounds and investor networks

Crunchbase starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Partnerships toolbox

Crunchbase · organization discovery and outreach targets

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Executive toolbox

Crunchbase · market and competitor overviews

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Delegated Crunchbase access, no shared credentials.

See who connected each Crunchbase account and how many teams and members work through it.

  • Sales EMEA
  • Sales NA
  • Research
  • Marketing
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
CR

Crunchbase (Sales EMEA)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
CR

Crunchbase (Sales NA)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
CR

Crunchbase (Research)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
CR

Crunchbase (Marketing)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
CR

Crunchbase (Partnerships)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
CR

Crunchbase (Executive)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Crunchbase lookup, logged and attributable.

See who ran what against Crunchbase, when, and which record it touched.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

emily.carter@northwind.io

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

jake.morgan@northwind.io

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

megan.brooks@northwind.io

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

tyler.reed@northwind.io

Crunchbase Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

ryan.hayes@northwind.io

Crunchbase Organizations Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

ashley.parker@northwind.io

Crunchbase Organizations List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule fires, Crunchbase records do the rest.

A trigger pulls new Crunchbase organizations, groups them, drafts a digest, and waits for approval before posting.

Crunchbase digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch organizations

    Crunchbase

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Crunchbase

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Crunchbase health, computed, not asked for.

A refreshing dashboard tracks four metrics and 14 days of records created by team.

Crunchbase health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the organizations collection

Live

Organizations

1,284 ↓ 12%

People

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Organizations created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Sales EMEA 34%

Sales NA 27%

Research 21%

Marketing 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Crunchbase to Claude?

Connect Crunchbase in Elaichi first, then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Crunchbase's own sign-in step is pasting the API key from your Crunchbase account into Elaichi, which takes a minute. There is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate.

Does Crunchbase work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Crunchbase is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Crunchbase once and every client you use picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Crunchbase data?

With Crunchbase connected, an agent can look up a company or person, pull funding rounds, investors, ownership, IPOs and event appearances, and search for companies that match a description such as a sector, location or recent raise. It then summarizes or compares what it finds in plain language. Because Crunchbase has many lookups, short concrete asks like "latest funding round for Acme" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Crunchbase give the AI everything in Crunchbase?

No. Every request runs under the Crunchbase API key of the person who signed in, so the agent sees exactly what that person's Crunchbase plan allows, no more. Elaichi can narrow that access further, for example to company lookups only, but it can never widen it beyond what Crunchbase itself grants.

Can my team share one Crunchbase connection?

Yes. One person connects Crunchbase in Elaichi and shares it with a team, and nobody else ever handles the API key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log records who searched Crunchbase and when, even though they work through a shared connection.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Crunchbase?

The Crunchbase connector only reads records, so an agent cannot create, edit or delete anything in Crunchbase through it. You can still restrict individual actions, such as people searches, per team in Elaichi. A restricted action is never advertised to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor, so no prompt can reach it.

What happens to a Crunchbase connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Crunchbase through every client at once, whether they connected it themselves or used a shared connection. A shared Crunchbase connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you disconnect Crunchbase once in Elaichi, it disappears from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and every other client at the same time.

Does the Crunchbase MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Crunchbase is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Crunchbase?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Crunchbase. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Crunchbase call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Crunchbase?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Crunchbase: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Crunchbase in front of your team

14 days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

Works with
Claude ChatGPT Cursor and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
When the trial ends
Nothing is deleted. Connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are, so subscribing picks up exactly where you left off.