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A Free Crunchbase Alternative

A Free Crunchbase Alternative

by shpran·Jun 17, 2026·3 points·9 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidShip It

Free Crunchbase alternative with only a handful of profiles so far.

Strengths
  • •Manual review process ensures profile quality over automated scraping
  • •Clean, searchable interface with funding stage and location data
Weaknesses
  • •Only a few profiles exist—too early to evaluate as a real alternative
  • •Vague 'agent pipelines' claim with no technical implementation details
Category
Data
Target Audience

Startup researchers, indie hackers, early-stage investors

Similar To

Crunchbase · PitchBook · Product Hunt

Post Description

crunchbase is $49 which is honestly too much if your not an actual angel or VC, as a result I decided to make this site, I use custom built agent pipelines to cross reference public sources, then I write and review the profiles and publish them to the site. Right now Ive only made a few profiles, and I'm hoping to get feedback on whether or not people would be interested in me releasing more.

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