Build a deal sourcing tool to find breakout companies.
ARR tells you where a company has been. Crustdata's APIs surface the signals that tell you where it's going - hiring velocity, team expansion, web traffic surges, so your team can be proactive.
Why Leading Growth Equity Firms Are Building Pipeline Intelligence Internally
The problem
Shared platforms = shared pipeline. Every fund running the same PitchBook screen sees the same companies at the same time. You can't build a proprietary edge on shared infrastructure.
Crustdata gives you the raw data layer so you build your own filters, your own scoring, your own alerts. Your thesis becomes your moat, not someone else's feature.
ARR is a lagging indicator. By the time revenue growth shows up, every fund is already competing for the same deal.
Our APIs surface leading indicators - hiring spikes, traffic surges, executive hires, geographic expansion - the data that predicts ARR inflection weeks or months before the numbers catch up.
Quarterly screens miss the growth window. Companies graduate past your sweet spot while associates manually track spreadsheets and public databases.
Our Watcher API turns your thesis into a living system. Codify your criteria once and get alerted the moment any company in your universe crosses your threshold.
In-house data pipelines drain engineering resources. Teams spend months building scrapers that break constantly instead of building the logic that creates edge.
We maintain the data infrastructure across 10+ sources so your engineers build the intelligence layer like scoring models, CRM integrations, alert routing instead of raw data collection.
Your competitive advantage, powered by Crustdata
Your edge isn't the data, it's what you build on top of it. Crustdata is the data layer growth equity firms use to programmatically express their thesis.
Our APIs that power 20+ pipeline intelligence workflows:
Real-Time search API
Instantly find companies hitting your growth thresholds right now.
Watcher APIs
Never miss the moment a company becomes ready for growth capital. Get alerted when a company crosses 100 employees, opens roles in a new geography, sees web traffic double month-over-month, or hires a CRO from a scaled company.
Enrichment APIs
See the full trajectory and company context such as headcount over time, team composition, funding history, job openings by department and people context such as founder background, career arc, past exits all in one call.
Multi-signal coverage APIs
We pull from 10+ sources to combine firmographic data, web traffic, employee reviews, product reviews, funding, news mentions and more into one API.
Workflows top funds are building with our APIs
Sourcing
Find the exact companies approaching your investment threshold using 340+ filters and real-time search APIs.
Powered by our person search and company search APIs.
Find companies with breakout hiring velocity.
Discover companies expanding into new markets or geographies.
Identify teams with exceptional pedigree building in your target sectors.
Build dynamic lists that auto-add companies as they cross your criteria.
Enrichment
Build full company profiles with growth trajectory, team pedigree, and competitive context before making the first call.
Powered by our people and company enrichment APIs.
Map headcount growth over time and hiring velocity by department.
Assess team composition and executive backgrounds against your thesis.
Understand competitive landscape and market positioning.
Monitoring
Turn your pipeline from a quarterly spreadsheet into a living system that watches thousands of companies and tells you when to act.
Powered by our Watcher API
Monitor companies approaching your investment threshold and get alerted the moment they cross it.
Track hiring surges, traffic inflection points, and key executive hires.
Keep tabs on portfolio companies for expansion signals and competitive threats.
APIs Built for Internal Pipeline Intelligence Platforms
The biggest funds have moved beyond quarterly datasets. Crustdata powers the internal pipeline intelligence systems of top growth equity firms worldwide.
Real-time infrastructure
Low-latency, high uptime robust realtime APIs.
Deep Company & People Profiles
Comprehensive data with 340+ datapoints across 10 sources. Company trajectory, team composition, funding history, competitive context all structured and always fresh.
Advanced Filters for Precise Search
60+ people search filters and 95+ company search filters to find the exact company or person that fits your thesis without any programmatic limitations.
Customizable signals
Monitor specific signals, even custom ones that matters to your thesis.
1:1 customer support
Clear documentation and Slack support with our engineers to help you build your tool.