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How to submit to Crunchbase

Database of tech companies, investors and funding rounds

Submitting to Crunchbase is free. The listing we checked marked its link to the product nofollow.

Free routeLink observed: nofollow — marked nofollow — search engines are asked not to pass ranking creditTop 10k
Open Crunchbase's submit page ↗

At a glance

Free route
Free route

Any registered user who has linked a LinkedIn or Google account can add a company profile for free; fields marked with a lock can only be edited by verified employees (company-domain email); content should be about the tech ecosystem and in English or it may be removed.

Paid listing from

No paid listing — the free route is the way in.

Review time
  • Free route: profile pages appear without a stated review period
Link on a live listing
Link observed: nofollow — marked nofollow — search engines are asked not to pass ranking credit

Marked nofollow — search engines are asked not to pass ranking credit. Crunchbase does not say what kind of link it gives.

What we read: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/anthropic (Wayback Machine copy of 2026-05-27) - website link rel='nofollow noopener noreferrer'; live pages answer curl with 403

Requirements
  • Free registered account with social authentication (LinkedIn or Google)
  • Use search first to avoid duplicate profiles.
  • Tech-ecosystem companies only; profiles without content or in another language may be removed.
  • Verified-employment email on the company domain to edit locked fields.
Popularity

#3,141 in the Tranco top-1M list of 9 October 2026 — Top 10k.

How to submit to Crunchbase, step by step

  1. 1Get the kit ready. Name, a one-line tagline, a short description, a square logo, two or three screenshots and your pricing in numbers — the same kit works on every directory.
  2. 2Open Crunchbase's submit page. It is at crunchbase.com/add-new.
  3. 3Take the free route, if it fits. Any registered user who has linked a LinkedIn or Google account can add a company profile for free; fields marked with a lock can only be edited by verified employees (company-domain email); content should be about the tech ecosystem and in English or it may be removed.
  4. 4Check the rules first. Free registered account with social authentication (LinkedIn or Google) Use search first to avoid duplicate profiles. Tech-ecosystem companies only; profiles without content or in another language may be removed.
  5. 5Once it is live, check the link. Open your listing, right-click the link to your site and choose Inspect: the rel attribute says whether it is a plain link, nofollow, ugc or sponsored.

What a launch there gets you

A company profile with description, founders, funding rounds and a website link, used by investors and journalists to look up companies. Suits venture-backed or fundraising AI startups; the paid Pro, Business and API products are data subscriptions, not listing upgrades.

  • 16 of the 35 launch platforms and directories whose live listings we read gave a plain link; Crunchbase's was marked nofollow.
  • By traffic rank it is number 3 of the 27 launch platforms and directories here that appear in the Tranco top-1M list.

Crunchbase: the questions founders ask

How much does it cost to submit to Crunchbase?

Submitting to Crunchbase is free.

Is Crunchbase free?

Yes, with conditions. Any registered user who has linked a LinkedIn or Google account can add a company profile for free; fields marked with a lock can only be edited by verified employees (company-domain email); content should be about the tech ecosystem and in English or it may be removed.

How long does a submission on Crunchbase take?

Free route: profile pages appear without a stated review period.

Does Crunchbase give a dofollow backlink?

Crunchbase does not say. The listing we checked marked its link to the product nofollow.

What does Crunchbase require?

Free registered account with social authentication (LinkedIn or Google). Use search first to avoid duplicate profiles. Tech-ecosystem companies only; profiles without content or in another language may be removed. Verified-employment email on the company domain to edit locked fields.

Sources

Read on 10 October 2026. Read on Crunchbase's own pages; where a fact came from an archived copy or a third-party report, that source is listed too.

Next to the others

Crunchbase is one of 41 launch platforms and directories we checked on the same day, with the same questions.

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