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Crunchbase scraper alternative: company funding, investors & M&A signals
You don't always need a full Crunchbase or PitchBook seat to answer one question: how much has this company raised, from whom, and what have they done with it? For VC/PE associates, sales/BD and market researchers doing occasional lookups, here's how to pull company funding rounds, investors and M&A signals by name or domain — pay-as-you-go, as clean data you own.
What funding data actually tells you
Funding history is one of the highest-signal firmographic layers you can attach to a company. It tells you maturity, momentum and intent in a single glance:
- Stage & total raised — seed vs. Series C vs. PE-backed frames where a company is in its lifecycle.
- Latest round size & date — a fresh raise is a buying signal: new budget for tools, hiring and expansion.
- Named investors — who's on the cap table tells you the network, the ambition and who to reference in outreach.
- M&A history — acquisitions reveal strategy and competitive consolidation; being acquired changes the whole account.
- Competitors & news — context that turns a single company into a map of its market.
For sales, a recent round is a reason to reach out now. For VC/PE, the investor list and round cadence is instant competitive intel. For researchers, it's how you size and segment a market.
Why pay-as-you-go beats a Crunchbase seat
Crunchbase Pro and PitchBook are built for teams living in funding data daily. If you only need it in bursts — vetting a few targets, building a quarterly market map, prepping for an outreach campaign — a per-seat annual subscription is poor value. A pay-as-you-go scraper bills only for the companies you actually look up, and exports JSON / CSV / Excel you fully own, with no seat, no contract and no export limits.
How to get it — by name or domain
The Owler Company Scraper takes a company name or domain and returns public-source firmographics plus funding signals in one run — total raised, latest round, investors, competitors and recent news — clean and structured:
- Look up by company name or domain — or feed a whole list to enrich in bulk.
- Get firmographics + funding + competitors in a single structured row per company.
- Export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull via the Apify API / on a schedule.
Need deeper deal-level and financial detail? Pair it with the Craft.co scraper for funding-round history, M&A and estimated financials, and match the two by domain. Coverage depends on what each company publicly discloses — treat the output as strong firmographic + funding signals, not a guaranteed-complete database.
Find funding without a Crunchbase seat. Pull total raised, latest round, investors, competitors and news by company name or domain — pay-as-you-go, exported clean for your sheet, CRM or model.
Run the Owler Company Scraper on Apify →Frequently asked questions
How can I get company funding data without Crunchbase?
You don't need a Crunchbase or PitchBook seat for occasional research. The Owler Company Scraper returns public-source firmographics plus funding signals — total raised, latest round, named investors, competitors and recent news — by name or domain, pay-as-you-go, as JSON/CSV/Excel.
What funding details are available?
Typically total funding raised, latest round stage and size, named investors, competitor set and recent news. For deeper deal-level and financial data — round history, M&A and estimated financials — pair it with the Craft.co scraper and match by domain. Coverage tracks public disclosure, so it's funding signals, not an exhaustive database.
Can I enrich a list of companies with funding data?
Yes. Feed a list of names or domains and get one structured row per company — firmographics, funding and competitors in a single run. Export to CSV/Excel for your CRM or sheet, or call the Apify API to enrich on a schedule.