Crunchbase alternative
A Crunchbase alternative built for raising money
Crunchbase is a company and funding database you rent by the month. If what you actually need is verified investor emails to pitch, Mintround gives you 10'000+ of them for a one-time $29 - no subscription.
Get every verified investor email
10'000+ contacts · one payment ($29), no subscription
$29 lifetimeor $79 with CSV export
Why founders switch to Mintround
- One-time payment, not a monthly or annual subscription that keeps billing after your raise.
- Built for founder outreach: every record is an investor with a verified, deliverable email - not a company page you still have to find a contact for.
- Sectors, stages and cheque size on each investor, so you only email people who back rounds like yours.
- Export any slice as a CSV, or the whole database with the $79 tier.
Mintround vs Crunchbase
| Mintround | Crunchbase | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | One-time $29 (lifetime) | Monthly / annual subscription |
| Built for | Founders raising a round | Market & competitive research |
| Core record | Investor with a verified email | Company / funding profile |
| Investor emails | Verified, deliverability-checked | Limited / enrichment add-on |
| Cheque size & stage | On every investor where known | Not the focus |
| Full CSV export | Yes ($79 tier) | Higher-tier plans only |
Comparison reflects each product's general positioning; check the vendor's site for current plans.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Crunchbase?
- For finding and emailing investors, yes: Mintround is a one-time $29 for lifetime access to 10'000+ verified investor emails, versus Crunchbase's recurring subscription. It is purpose-built for fundraising rather than general company research.
- Does Crunchbase give you investor emails?
- Crunchbase centres on company and funding data; direct, verified investor emails are limited or come through paid enrichment. Mintround's whole point is the verified email on every investor.
- What do I give up by switching?
- Crunchbase's broad company-research surface. If you need market maps and competitor tracking, keep it. If you need investor emails to pitch, Mintround does that one job for far less.
See the full investor email list, or download a free sample first.
What founders say
4.6Based on 13 reviews
Paid $29 once and never thought about it again. Way faster than digging through LinkedIn for hours, and the emails actually landed.
I grabbed the free climate list first to check the data was real, then upgraded. One payment, no subscription to forget to cancel.
The $79 CSV export saved me a whole weekend. I had my outreach sheet built in an hour.
Verified emails that didn't bounce. That alone was worth it.
No login, no upsell, no monthly bill. I bought lifetime access, exported the dev-tools list, and got to work.
I was skeptical, so I downloaded the free 15 first. The emails checked out, so I paid the $29. Booked three investor calls the next week.
Fewer investors than the giant databases, but every one was actually an investor. Less noise, more signal.
I'd spent two weeks guessing email patterns and getting bounces. Mintround already had them verified. Wish I'd started here.
The CSV dropped straight into my CRM - name, firm, email, sector, stage, exactly the columns I needed.
The AI search understood “seed climate investors who lead” better than I expected. Not perfect, but it got me a shortlist fast.
$79 for the whole database, forever. Next to a $99-a-month tool I'd have cancelled anyway, it was a no-brainer.
Did what it said. The emails worked.
One niggle - I wanted phone numbers too. But for email outreach it was exactly right, and I never had to create an account.
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