crunchbase-vocabulary.yml

name: Crunchbase Vocabulary
description: >-
  Controlled terms and concepts used throughout the Crunchbase API for
  describing organizations, people, funding rounds, acquisitions, IPOs,
  investors, and search faceting.
terms:
  - term: Organization
    definition: A company, investor, school, or other named entity tracked by Crunchbase.
  - term: Person
    definition: A founder, executive, investor, or notable individual associated with one or more organizations.
  - term: FundingRound
    definition: An equity, debt, or grant funding event raised by an organization.
  - term: InvestmentType
    definition: The category of a funding round (seed, series_a, series_b, debt_financing, ipo, etc.).
  - term: Acquisition
    definition: An M&A event where one organization acquires another.
  - term: Ipo
    definition: An initial public offering event where a private organization goes public.
  - term: Permalink
    definition: A stable, human-readable URL slug identifying a Crunchbase entity.
  - term: Identifier
    definition: A composite reference object containing UUID and permalink for any entity.
  - term: CategoryGroup
    definition: A high-level industry group used to classify organizations (e.g. SaaS, FinTech, Health Care).
  - term: MoneyAmount
    definition: A monetary value object containing native value, currency, and value_usd.
  - term: SearchQuery
    definition: A structured query object with field, operator, and values used in /searches endpoints.
  - term: Autocomplete
    definition: Type-ahead lookup that returns identifier and short description matches for a query string.
  - term: DeletedEntity
    definition: Record indicating that a previously published entity has been removed; used for incremental sync.