Here is a company information source in a form of a wiki that we came across during a couple of Google searches and it deserves a closer look from a competitive intelligence research point of view. Crunchbase provides access to information on internet and tech companies, people who manage them and financial organizations that provide funding. Let’s take a look at the three elements of the source.
Companies
As of December 12th, 2009, Crunchbase had entries for 30,286 companies. Users can sort the companies by industry, status (i.e., private, public, acquired, deadpooled) and funding (i.e., bootstrapped, funded and investor). Here is what the source has to offer for each company:
- Background - History
- General Information (i.e., website, blog, category, employees, etc.)
- Office Locations
- People
- Former People
- Acquisitions
- Investments
- Funding
- Competitors
- Service Providers
- Milestones
The Milestones section allows users to have a summary of the company’s financial transactions and latest developments. Figure 1 presents a look at Facebook’s Milestones.
Figure 1: Facebook’s Milestones Listed On Crunchbase
Additional elements to the profile include: Videos, Screenshots, Products and Website Analytics.
People
This section furnishes information about executives at the companies with such details as:
- Biography
- Degrees Held
- Company (including position)
- Web presence (on social networks)
- Milestones
- Videos
Figure 2 is a screen shot of the profile of Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook.
Figure 2 Profile of Mark Zuckerberg on Crunchbase
Financial Organizations
Users can collect information on venture capital companies and other sources of funding for internet and technology firms. Profiles for the financial organizations may include:
- Background Information
- General Information
- Funds (Management)
- Office Locations
- People (Partners)
- Milestones
- Investments
Figure 3 provides a listing of the investments made by Argonaut Ventures, a United States based venture capital firm.
Figure 3 Investments Made By Argonaut Ventures Posted On Crunchbase
Crunchbase is available at www.crunchbase.com
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