Crunchbase is a great place to research a company. Fundz is the advisor engine: it tells you a company just raised, hired a new CRO, or is expanding — the instant it happens — surfaces the verified people to call, and drafts the outreach from those signals. The trigger, the contact, and the send live in one place — for far less than Crunchbase Business.
Both track funding. The difference is what happens the moment a signal lands — and what you can do about it.
| Fundz | Crunchbase | |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Real-time signal → who to call → drafted outreach | Funding & company database / research |
| Alert speed | Instant — funding, exec moves & M&A the moment they’re public | Delayed on standard plans |
| Signals | Funding, hiring surges, exec moves, M&A, SEC 8-K leadership changes, office expansion, WARN layoffs, pre-launch trademarks | Funding & company data |
| Contacts | ICP-ranked verified contacts that learn from your feedback + mobile reveal | Research-oriented; not its focus |
| Outreach | Built in — SmartSend writes from the signal, sends from your own inbox, stops on reply | Not an outreach tool |
| Voice / ask | Talk to Fundz — pull a list or set alerts in plain language | — |
| Daily brief | AI Daily Briefing — your watchlist researched overnight | — |
| Predictive | ML “what’s likely next” on tracked companies (Strategic) | — |
| Price | Pro $79/mo · Strategic $149/mo | Crunchbase Business is $199/mo |
Fundz tracks funding the instant it's public and pairs each round with ICP-ranked verified contacts and a drafted first email, so you can reach a newly funded company while buying intent is highest — instead of researching it in a static database after the moment has passed. It also tracks exec hires, M&A, hiring surges, and office expansions, so you catch buying triggers a funding-only tool misses.
Crunchbase is primarily a funding and company database built for research — and it's good at that. Fundz is an advisor engine: it tracks funding plus hiring surges, executive changes, M&A, SEC 8-K leadership changes, office expansion, and WARN layoffs; alerts you the instant each is public (Crunchbase's standard plans are delayed); scores every signal against your ideal customer profile; surfaces the verified people to call; and drafts the outreach you send from your own inbox. You can even pull a list or set up alerts just by asking, by voice or text.
Fundz Pro is $79/month and Strategic is $149/month, cancellable anytime on monthly. (Annual is discounted in the first year.) That's well below Crunchbase Business at $199/month — and a small fraction of PitchBook — with real-time signals and built-in outreach those tools don't include.
Pro $59/mo · Strategic $99/mo, per seat. Monthly plans, cancel anytime.