Search Companies

import requests
import json
BASE_URL = "https://api.runcaptain.com"
API_KEY = "your_api_key"
ORG_ID = "your_organization_id"
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}",
    "X-Organization-ID": ORG_ID
}
response = requests.get(
    f"{BASE_URL}/v2/datasets/odyssey/company",
    params={"q": "OpenAI", "source": "crunchbase", "limit": 5},
    headers=headers,
    timeout=30.0
)
data = response.json()
for result in data["results"]:
    print(f"{result['title']} - {result['url']}")

{
  "query": "OpenAI",
  "source": "crunchbase",
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "OpenAI - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding",
      "url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openai",
      "snippet": "OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company. Founded in 2015 in San Francisco."
    },
    {
      "title": "OpenAI Global LLC - Crunchbase Company Profile",
      "url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openai-global-llc",
      "snippet": "OpenAI Global LLC is a subsidiary of OpenAI."
    }
  ],
  "total_results": 15,
  "limit": 5
}

Search for companies on Crunchbase or Pitchbook via SerpAPI.

Returns company profile URLs that can be passed to POST /v2/datasets/odyssey/company to generate a full report.

Only returns actual company profile URLs — filters out sub-pages, person pages, funding rounds, and other non-company results.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Query parameters

foundedstringOptional

Founding year to include in search query

founderstringOptional

Founder name to include in search query

limitintegerOptional1-100Defaults to 10

Maximum number of results to return (default: 10, max: 100)

Response

Search completed successfully

querystring

Original search query

sourcestring

Search source (‘crunchbase’ or ‘pitchbook’)

resultslist of objects

List of company search results

total_resultsinteger

Total number of results available

limitinteger

Maximum results requested

errorstring or null

Error message if search failed

Authentication

Headers

Query parameters

Response

Errors