Access Crunchbase market intelligence powered by proprietary private company data and AI models that help you focus on the companies and industry segments that matter.
With Crunchbase’s Predictions and Insights data package, you have access to micro-industries. Micro-Industries are a dynamic, granular classification layer built on Crunchbase's proprietary Products & Services data, combining AI-driven clustering and LLM refinement to organize companies by what they actually build — not the broad industry labels they've been assigned. This offers a more precise view of how markets are structured and how companies specialize across them.
Incorporate Micro-Industries into your own internal models and tools to identify emerging market segments, sharpen ICP and segmentation, and surface highly specialized companies faster. Micro-Industries can be accessed through the micro_categories endpoint.
Micro-industries help you:
- Discover emerging market segments earlier: For investors and analysts, traditional industry classifications often miss specialized segments until they're widely recognized. By surfacing how products cluster at the segment level, Micro-Industries reveal where new categories are forming — supporting earlier sourcing, sharper deal evaluation, and a more current view of how the private market is evolving.
- Define ICPs at the product level: For GTM teams, broad industry labels often return thousands of accounts with little signal. Micro-Industries let teams build ICPs around what companies actually build — enabling more precise segmentation, smarter territory mapping, and the ability to surface niche segments that broad industry buckets obscure.
- Move on emerging markets before they take off: For corporate development and strategy teams, finding the right opportunity often depends on seeing where a market is forming before it's crowded. Use micro-industries to identify specialized segments, adjacent targets, and whitespace earlier — so you can prioritize where to invest, build, partner, or acquire while the field is still open.
- Understand the markets your clients operate in: For wealth managers and investors, knowing where a client or prospect sits within the private market enables more informed conversations and timely advisory. Micro-Industries provide a more specific view of the segments clients participate in — helping anticipate market shifts and surface opportunities earlier.
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