BBVA Accelerates Due Diligence with Crunchbase

"Crunchbase has impressive regional coverage and gives us access to hard-to-find data about market activity, equity rounds, and debt financing for companies in our geography. This saves our team hours of manual research and due diligence each week."

Senior Leader, BBVA

About BBVA

BBVA is a global financial institution that provides banking, wealth management, and advisory services. With headquarters in Spain and a strong presence in Mexico, BBVA serves clients across a broad range of industries. As part of its commitment to delivering informed financial guidance, BBVA relies on timely and accurate company data to evaluate opportunities and advise clients effectively.

The Challenge

When conducting due diligence, BBVA’s primary challenge was access to accurate company information, especially within the Mexican market. Without a comprehensive data source, the team had to rely on manual internet searches, which were time-consuming and yielded incomplete details. This slowed the evaluation process for potential investments and limited the ability to provide timely, data-backed advice to asset management clients.

The Solution

To overcome these challenges, BBVA integrated the Crunchbase API directly into its CRM and research workflows. This gave the team access to financial and firmographic data that was previously hard to find, including information on company activities, equity rounds, and debt financing for companies in their geography. Instead of conducting fragmented research across multiple online sources, BBVA could rely on Crunchbase as a single, trusted source of truth that contained the robust company data they needed.

Results

Enriching their CRM and other tools with Crunchbase data has enabled faster company evaluations and more valuable insights for clients.

Since adopting Crunchbase, BBVA has experienced measurable improvements in both efficiency and client engagement:

• Up to 25% reduction in diligence timelines. Evaluations are completed 11–25% faster, enabling the team to advise clients quickly and with greater confidence.
  
• Up to five hours saved per week. By eliminating manual research, the team saves around five hours each week — valuable time that can now be dedicated to higher-value activities like portfolio analysis, client strategy, and investment decision-making.
  
• Improved client conversations. Access to more timely and accurate insights equips the team to engage clients with data-backed perspectives, improving advisory quality and strengthening relationships.
  
• Reduced reliance on fragmented sources. Consolidating research within Crunchbase simplified workflows and provided unique visibility — especially into private companies in Mexico not found on other platforms — giving BBVA a competitive edge in its regional coverage.

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