Crunchbase

History

2022: Closing access for visitors from Russia

about The American database startups Crunchbase has closed access to visitors from. Russia This became known on March 22, 2022. As stated on the main page of the project, such a decision was made in connection Russia with the special operation on. To Ukraine Access will be restricted until the end of the conflict.

However, the Russians are invited to sign access condemning the events in Ukraine. To do this, you need to specify your first name, last name, country and organization.

The list of signatories of the petition is published as a file on Google Docs. On March 22, 2022, almost 200 people were listed, including a number of well-known venture investors in Russia. True, there are no mechanisms to verify whether these people really signed this petition^[1].

2019: Attracting $30 million of investments

In 2019, the project attracted an additional $30 million in investments from a group of investors led by the Omers Ventures fund.

2017: Raising $18 million investment from the Mayfield Fund

In 2017, Crunchbase attracted another $18 million in investments from the Mayfield Fund.

2015: Separation from AOL

In 2015, Crunchbase separated from AOL and Techcrunch and attracted investments in the amount of $8.5 million from the Emergence Capital fund and other investors.

2010: Acquisition by ISP AOL

In 2010 American Internet-provider AOL acquired Crunchbase and Techcrunch.

2007: Service Launch

Crunchbase was launched in 2007 in Silicon Valley by Michael Arrington. The project was conceived as a database of projects about which another resource created by Arrington writes - Techcrunch.