Timing isn’t just a competitive edge in the private market — it’s a deciding factor. Whether you’re aiming to secure your next sales deal, identify a high-potential investment, or position your business ahead of market shifts, the reality is the same: the opportunity to act often narrows to a matter of weeks. This puts most teams in a reactive cycle, racing alongside competitors to make a sale to a company with fresh funding, or playing catch-up as they adapt to market changes already in motion.
Our proprietary predictive intelligence solves this challenge at its root. Our goal is simple but ambitious: to equip professionals with the foresight to act earlier, with more clarity and confidence, before competitors catch up and opportunities slip away.
In just a few months, that vision has become measurable. As of fall 2025, Crunchbase has delivered more than 5,000 predictions that have been confirmed by real-world events — from funding announcements to acquisitions and IPOs. In September alone, over 1,000 predictions were validated, marking our highest-volume month yet and bringing our monthly average to over 650 successful predictions.
What sets these predictions apart is their specificity and timing. These are not generic forecasts or backward-looking trendlines. They are company-level predictions made in advance — often weeks or months before an announcement is made. Before Wiz was acquired by Google, Crunchbase predicted it. When Clay raised $100 million in funding, our platform had already surfaced it. When Blis was acquired by T-Mobile, it wasn’t a surprise to those using our intelligence. These are just a few examples; thousands more are influencing decisions quietly across sales pipelines, investment portfolios, and research teams every day.
Underpinning this system is a data foundation that none can rival. Crunchbase’s predictive models are trained on a proprietary blend of structured and unstructured data — including live market activity data from over 80 million users, direct contributions from founders, employees, and investors, and a deep reservoir of private company information that we’ve built over nearly two decades. This is complemented by vast amounts of data from the internet, government filings, and thousands of partner data sources. At every step, our AI-powered technology is paired with human oversight to ensure each prediction meets the highest standard of quality, precision, and actionability.
More important than the infrastructure, however, is what it enables. For go-to-market teams, our predictive intelligence makes it possible to prioritize companies poised for expansion, fundraising, or hiring — aligning outreach with readiness and giving teams a critical head start in crowded markets. For investors and wealth management firms, predictions unlock early visibility into startups gaining traction or exhibiting risk, surfacing strong bets and alerting them to red flags before traditional signals appear. And for analysts and strategists, these forward-looking insights reveal where momentum is building, where contraction may be coming, and where competitors haven’t yet begun to look.
Crunchbase is evolving from a source of information to a source of foresight — not just reflecting the market, but anticipating it. With over 5,000 predictions confirmed and more surfacing every day, we’re helping our customers move faster, make better decisions, and unlock growth while others are still catching up. If you’re still relying on standard firmographics to guide your next move, you’re missing the most crucial way to drive effective, proactive business strategy. Whether you’re looking to uncover your next opportunity with the Crunchbase Business software or integrate predictive intelligence into your tools or models with the Crunchbase API, a smarter pathway to private market decision-making is already here — and it’s within your reach.
