Is there a cheap alternative to Crunchbase / PitchBook private-company data?

Not really — Crunchbase / PitchBook private-company data's moat is proprietary data that does not exist in public records, so "free alternatives" cannot replicate it. Valuations, round sizes, and cap-table intel sourced from voluntary disclosure networks (Crunchbase's ~4,000-firm Venture Program) and analyst calls. Private-market financials are not public records.

Is it legal to rebuild Crunchbase / PitchBook private-company data from public data?

Facts and public-domain government data are not copyrightable, but there are real traps here: Scraping their databases violates terms and their data is compiled, not public record This is research, not legal advice.

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Crunchbase / PitchBook private-company data: what you're actually paying for

No — the moat is real proprietary data

Short answer: there is no true free alternative to Crunchbase / PitchBook private-company data (Crunchbase Pro ~$99/mo; PitchBook ~$25,000+/yr per seat), and this page explains why honestly. Valuations, round sizes, and cap-table intel sourced from voluntary disclosure networks (Crunchbase's ~4,000-firm Venture Program) and analyst calls. Private-market financials are not public records.

The free public data underneath

Source	License	Access
SEC Form D filings	US public domain	EDGAR — discloses that a raise happened and its size band, NOT valuation

Rebuild recipe

Only a thin Form D trigger feed is rebuildable ('company X just filed a raise'). Valuations/cap tables cannot be derived from public data — pre-IPO perp markets give implied marks for a handful of names only

DIY difficulty: n/a — moat is non-public data

The price math

n/a for the core product

Licensing and legal traps

Scraping their databases violates terms and their data is compiled, not public record

The pay-per-call alternative, live today:

https://signalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/signal/pre-ipo

VenturePulse (Form D layer) + SignalPulse pre-ipo (perp-implied marks for traded names) — no subscription, no seat license, USDC per call via x402. Agents can pay programmatically.

Decompose any data product programmatically: GET https://pulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/unbundle?product=Crunchbase — $1.00 per call via x402. 22 products decomposed; honest misses for everything else.

Research as of 2026-07-06 by The Aslan Group LLC (info@theaslangroupllc.com). Product names are used nominatively to identify the products analyzed; all trademarks belong to their owners. Pricing is as publicly reported or contract-disclosed at research time and may change. This is research for build-vs-buy evaluation, not legal advice — verify licenses against the primary source before building.