The Crunchbase alternatives worth a crypto team's budget have to do 2 things on the same deals: carry the round, and carry the person to call. NAUT ran 3 tools over the same 33 crypto and Web3 rounds that closed between 8 and 27 October 2026, and on NAUT's own database those 33 rounds carry 100 named contacts across 26 of them, with a decision maker on 19.
How this test was built, and by whom: NAUT published it, so read the rival columns as what each rival's own public page says, never as NAUT's verdict on data NAUT cannot see. The 4 criteria were fixed before any page was opened: what coverage the tool's own page states, whether that page names a crypto or Web3 use case, what pricing entry that page shows, and how many named contacts the tool carries on these 33 rounds. The NAUT column comes from a read-only query against NAUT's production database on 29 October 2026. The Crunchbase and Apollo columns come only from pages that answered NAUT's fetch without a login on 29 October 2026: about.crunchbase.com/products/crunchbase-pro/, www.crunchbase.com and www.apollo.io/pricing. Anything behind a login or a sales call is marked "not tested", and that includes every rival's own record of these 33 rounds.
NAUT's recon tried 6 rival sites on 29 October 2026 and 4 of them returned a page. 2 of those 4 are left out of the scoring and named here so the scope is clear. pitchbook.com/products loaded in full, and no fact drawn from it cleared NAUT's source check before this article closed, so PitchBook is listed as loaded and out of scope. cryptorank.io and cryptorank.io/plans also loaded, and CryptoRank is the source tag behind all 33 of these round records on NAUT, so it cannot stand as an independent column in a test of the same 33 rounds. The 2 sites that returned no page at all were messari.io, which answered HTTP 429 on every path tried, and rootdata.com, which served a captcha shell. Apollo took the open slot because its pricing page fetched in full. NAUT will read all of these pages again on 29 November 2026 and update this article.
Which Crunchbase alternatives were tested, and on what data?
3 tools are scored: NAUT, Crunchbase and Apollo. Every cell below is from the page named in the data note, read on 29 October 2026.
| Criterion | NAUT | Crunchbase | Apollo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage stated | 33 crypto and Web3 rounds closed 8 to 27 October 2026, across 32 companies | "30M+ verified data updates annually across 4M+ private companies" | "Access 240M contacts & 30M companies" |
| Crypto use case | Yes, crypto and Web3 deals are the whole dataset | Not tested. Neither Crunchbase page that fetched names a crypto or Web3 category in its copy | None among the roles and use cases its pricing page lists |
| Public pricing | Not tested | Not tested, the pricing page returned HTTP 403 to NAUT's fetch | 4 plans named: Free, Basic, Professional and Custom |
| Named contacts | 100 contacts on 26 of the 33 rounds, 25 of them decision makers | Not tested, the records sit behind a login | Not tested, the records sit behind a login |
The table measures stated scope and public claims only. Whatever each rival holds behind its login stays unmeasured here, and it is marked that way in every cell. A team shopping for a Crunchbase for crypto is really asking which tool puts the round and the person to call on the same row, and that is the last criterion above.
What do Crunchbase and Apollo say on their own pages?
Crunchbase, on its Crunchbase Pro product page:
- It states that "Crunchbase delivers 30M+ verified data updates annually across 4M+ private companies".
- Its homepage shows an AI search feature whose example prompt is "Which AI companies are most likely to go public?", which is the shape of question the product is built around.
- www.crunchbase.com/pricing returned HTTP 403 to NAUT's fetch on 29 October 2026, so no Crunchbase price is quoted here.
Apollo, on its pricing page:
- It states that it gives "Access 240M contacts & 30M companies" and that "Over 600,000 companies use Apollo".
- It names 4 plans. The Free one is for "Exploring Apollo or very light usage. Good for founders and early-stage teams."
- Every seat on an account sits on the same plan: "you can't have some users on Professional and others on Basic."
- Its navigation menu lists use cases including outbound, inbound lead generation, RevOps, marketers and builders. No crypto or Web3 use case appears among them.
- It names "Intel, AT&T, Adobe, SAP, Shopify and more" as examples of the large enterprises it works with.
Which rounds did the Crunchbase alternatives test use, and who led each?
The test set is every crypto and Web3 round NAUT recorded as closing between 8 and 27 October 2026: 33 rounds across 32 companies, 19 of which disclosed an amount, for $1,250.2M in total. The 19 with a disclosed amount are below, largest first, with the 2 Strive rows announced on 20 and 13 October 2026. The Lead column is NAUT's own record, so a blank means NAUT holds no lead on that row. A firm may still have led it. Contacts and DMs are the counts NAUT's database held for that round's company on 29 October 2026.
| Company | Amount | Lead | Contacts | DMs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Strive |
$630M | 0 | 0 | |
| Strive |
$208M | 0 | 0 | |
 Whop |
$200M | Sequoia Capital | 2 | 0 |
 meanwhile |
$37.5M | Bain Capital Crypto | 9 | 0 |
 Meow |
$31.6M | Stifel | 0 | 0 |
 Erebor |
$30M | 3 | 1 | |
 DATA Network |
$30M | 15 | 3 | |
 Luxor |
$16M | CMT Digital | 10 | 1 |
 Mural |
$15M | Tether | 1 | 1 |
 Dataline |
$10.6M | Lattice | 0 | 0 |
| Fission Labs | $10M | Pantera Capital | 1 | 0 |
 0xPredicate |
$8M | Blockchain Capital | 3 | 0 |
 Multiliquid |
$8M | Polychain Capital | 3 | 1 |
 HoneyB |
$5M | Portal Ventures | 2 | 2 |
 IMMIX |
$3.5M | 2 | 2 | |
 Soda Labs |
$3M | NextBlock | 6 | 1 |
 Spout Finance |
$2M | 5 | 2 | |
 hylo_so |
$1M | Solana Ventures | 3 | 0 |
 Anyflo |
$1M | 2 | 1 |
12 of the 33 rounds carry a named lead on NAUT's record and 19 carry at least 1 backer. The other 14 rounds in the window disclosed no amount, and they include the mergers and acquisitions and 1 OTC purchase, among them Sonic, Farcaster and Loopscale.
How much did each of the 19 rounds raise?
2 Strive rows carry $838M of the $1,250.2M, both Post-IPO raises by the same company, so a tool that ranks only by headline amount puts the same name twice at the top of these 20 days.
What this means for a BD team sourcing crypto deals
- 26 of the 33 rounds have at least 1 named contact on NAUT, and 19 have a decision maker, so most rounds in the window have a named contact on NAUT.
- 23 of the 33 rounds have a Telegram contact on NAUT.
- The deepest teams on NAUT in this window are DATA Network with 15 contacts and 3 decision makers, and Luxor and Sonic with 10 contacts each.
- 7 of the 33 rounds carry 0 contacts on NAUT today, including Strive, Meow and Dataline, so those are the rows where a general sales database still earns its seat.
- Start with the 19 that disclosedThey total $1,250.2M, from Strive at $630M down to Anyflo at $1M.
- Open the company pageLuxor carries 10 contacts and 1 decision maker, DATA Network carries 15 and 3.
- Pick the Telegram rows first23 of the 33 rounds have a Telegram contact on NAUT.
- Leave the 7 blank rows to a sales toolStrive, Meow and Dataline carry 0 contacts on NAUT today.
What this means for a founder raising right now
- 12 of these 33 rounds name a lead on NAUT's record, and each lead links to its NAUT page.
- Seed is still being funded in this window: Soda Labs at $3M, HoneyB at $5M, Multiliquid at $8M and Dataline at $10.6M all closed inside these 20 days.
- Spout Finance raised $2M with 15 backers on NAUT's record, so a small round here can still carry a wide syndicate.
- 31 of the 33 rounds carry a company domain on NAUT and all 33 carry an X handle, which is enough to verify a firm before a first message.
- Match your stageSoda Labs at $3M and HoneyB at $5M are the closest seed comparables in the window.
- Read the lead's page12 of the 33 rounds name a lead on NAUT's record, from Portal Ventures on HoneyB to Tether on Mural.
- Check the syndicate sizeSpout Finance carries 15 backers on NAUT's record against a $2M raise.
- Verify before you writeAll 33 rounds carry an X handle on NAUT and 31 carry a domain.
Crunchbase alternatives: which tool reaches a decision maker?
On this criterion only NAUT could be measured, because every rival's record of these rounds sits behind a login and is marked not tested. NAUT's database holds 100 named contacts across the 33 rounds, 25 of them decision makers, spread over 19 rounds. HoneyB and IMMIX carry 2 decision makers each on a round of $5M and $3.5M, and DATA Network carries 3 on its $30M strategic round. For crypto deal sourcing that is the number that decides whether a round is a headline or a conversation.
Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?
Yes. Every company in this article is in NAUT's developer API as JSON, the same records the pages show. GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/strive returns that company with its team, in the same shape as every other company named here, for 5 credits a call. A key with no credits gets clearly marked sample data, so you can build against it first. Plans start at $49 a month for 3,000 credits (pricing), and the API docs list every endpoint. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for the people on NAUT unlock on any paid plan: start a 7-day trial.
Crunchbase alternatives FAQ
What is the best Crunchbase alternative for crypto funding data?
On this test, run over 33 crypto and Web3 rounds that closed between 8 and 27 October 2026, NAUT was the only 1 of the 3 where this test could count named contacts on these 33 rounds: 100 contacts across 26 of the 33 rounds, 25 of them decision makers. Crunchbase and Apollo both describe general private-company and sales coverage on their own pages, with no crypto or Web3 use case named on the pages that fetched.
Which tools were left out of this Crunchbase alternatives test, and why?
4 are named and none of them is scored. PitchBook's pitchbook.com/products loaded for NAUT's recon on 29 October 2026 and is listed as loaded and out of scope, because no fact drawn from it cleared NAUT's source check before this article closed. CryptoRank's cryptorank.io and cryptorank.io/plans also loaded, and CryptoRank is the source tag behind all 33 of these round records on NAUT, so it is excluded from a test of those same rounds. Messari and RootData returned no page: messari.io answered HTTP 429 on every path tried and rootdata.com served a captcha shell.
How many of the 33 crypto rounds name a lead investor?
12 of the 33 rounds carry a named lead on NAUT's record, including Sequoia Capital on Whop at $200M, Bain Capital Crypto on meanwhile at $37.5M and Pantera Capital on Fission Labs at $10M. 19 of the 33 carry at least 1 backer on NAUT's record.
How much did the 33 rounds raise between 8 and 27 October 2026?
19 of the 33 rounds disclosed an amount, totalling $1,250.2M. The largest were 2 Post-IPO raises by Strive, at $630M on 20 October and $208M on 13 October 2026, then Whop at $200M on 21 October 2026.
Does Crunchbase show a price without a login?
NAUT could not test that. On 29 October 2026 www.crunchbase.com/pricing returned HTTP 403 to NAUT's fetch, and the Crunchbase Pro product page that did fetch is quoted here only for its coverage claim of "30M+ verified data updates annually across 4M+ private companies". Apollo's pricing page names 4 plans in public: Free, Basic, Professional and Custom.
Can I get this data through an API?
Yes. NAUT's developer API at api.naut.so/v1 returns the data behind this article as JSON: GET /v1/projects/strive returns that company with its team, in the same shape as every other company named here. A call costs 5 credits, and a key with no credits returns marked sample data for free.
Sources
- NAUT production database, read-only query on 29 October 2026: 33 crypto and Web3 rounds closing 8 to 27 October 2026, their leads, backer counts, contacts and decision-maker contacts.
- Crunchbase Pro product page, read 29 October 2026: about.crunchbase.com/products/crunchbase-pro/
- Crunchbase homepage, read 29 October 2026: www.crunchbase.com
- Apollo pricing page, read 29 October 2026: www.apollo.io/pricing
- Loaded on 29 October 2026 and left out of the scoring: pitchbook.com/products (loaded, out of scope), cryptorank.io and cryptorank.io/plans (loaded, the source tag behind these 33 round records).
- No page returned on 29 October 2026: messari.io (HTTP 429 on every path tried), rootdata.com (captcha shell).
- Also on 29 October 2026, www.crunchbase.com/pricing returned HTTP 403 to NAUT's fetch, so no Crunchbase price appears here.
- Retest scheduled for 29 November 2026.