Crunchbase Launches Valuations for 230,000 Companies
Crunchbase now offers machine-learning valuation estimates for more than 230,000 private companies, including ranges and confidence tiers.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Startups
Crunchbase has launched current valuation estimates for more than 230,000 private companies. Each estimate starts from a company's most recently disclosed post-money valuation and includes a point estimate, a valuation range, a confidence tier, supporting reasons, and a last-updated timestamp.
Why it matters
Companies are staying private longer and the time between funding rounds is growing, so a last-reported valuation can quickly fall out of date. Crunchbase says the estimates aim to close that gap for a market in which seed companies take more than two years on average to reach a Series A.
Crunchbase's estimates draw on post-money valuation data spanning more than 400,000 funding rounds and more than 4,000 venture partners. Only 16% of the 2024 seed cohort has advanced to Series A, and the company does not state how those estimates compare with actual transaction prices.
The players
Crunchbase
Crunchbase is a San Francisco-based business data platform that tracks venture funding, companies, and investors worldwide.
The details
Each estimate evaluates funding and valuation history, financial signals, industry context, public or private market comparables, and proprietary engagement data, then undergoes automated validation and plausibility checks. Crunchbase says the post-money figure reflects a single moment in time, which is why the estimates are meant to account for changes between rounds.
Timeline
2024: Only 16% of the seed cohort advanced to Series A.
2026: Crunchbase expanded coverage to more than 6.6 million companies.
November 5, 2026: Crunchbase announced availability of current valuation estimates.
Market Landscape
Companies that raised a $1 million seed round now take more than two years on average to raise a Series A, a pace Crunchbase cites as evidence that private firms are staying private longer. The valuation estimates extend that trend by giving investors and users a current figure rather than a stale last-round price.
Investors, founders, and employees who rely on a company's last funding round can now check a current estimate with a stated range and confidence tier. Those estimates are informational only and should not be treated as a transaction price.
The takeaway
Last-round valuations quickly become outdated when companies stay private longer. Checking a current estimate with its stated range and confidence tier gives a more realistic picture of a private company's value.
Further reading
For related coverage of how young companies raise capital, see the Startups section.
More information
Read the Crunchbase current valuation data overview for details on how the estimates are generated.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Hawaii Telegraph.
