[daniula]

Don't be so sure about Crunchbase API. It's owned by AOL, which haven't played nicely in the past, too. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6680040

[srjk]

Sure, the "halflife of openness" of crunchbase is probably smaller than angellist.

However, at this point crunchbase is pretty open (to the point of giving data dumps) so I'll give them the benefit of doubt for the next 2 years.

Anyway, startups seem to tend towards closing off access to their data as they become the dominant player so it's a question of when not whether.