Raised500 comparison
A Crunchbase alternative for fresh raises
Crunchbase is the best-known private-company database. Raised500 is a much narrower product: a free, daily-updated index of companies that just raised, with the source behind every raise. Different jobs, different tools.
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What Crunchbase does well
- Deep private-company profiles across millions of companies, with history going back years.
- Search, saved lists, and an API for teams that need broad company data at scale.
- Predictive signals on top of the database, such as which companies may raise or be acquired.
- Coverage far beyond fresh raises: acquisitions, leadership, firmographics, and more.
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What Raised500 does differently
- One job: who just raised. A ranked top 500 of freshly funded companies, refreshed every day.
- The free tier is the product. The full index is public, no account and no trial required.
- Every raise links to its source: the SEC filing on sec.gov or the press coverage that reported it.
- Featured companies get a free month-stamped crest to embed, no signup.
- Paid tiers add full records, investor firms, and CSV export. That is the whole ladder.
Side by side
| Feature | Crunchbase | Raised500 |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Broad private-company database | Index of who just raised |
| Free access | Limited free search, trial for full access | Full top 500 index, no account |
| Source on every raise | Varies by record | Filing or press link on each raise |
| Update rhythm | Continuous database updates | Re-ranked daily, 90 day window |
| Company history | Years of history per company | 90 days, fresh raises only |
| Exports | Available on paid plans | CSV on paid tiers |
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Which to pick
Pick Crunchbase when the job is researching any private company in depth. Pick Raised500 when the job is knowing who just raised, this week, with a source you can check.