In-app purchases within free apps has become one of the most lucrative monetizing models for apps, so if the marketplace does develop along app store lines, this would be something to add soon, it seems. Almost a year after proposing the idea , Crunchbase has launched its third - party data marketplace . For less than $ 50 per month , Crunchbase data subscribers can sign up to data sets from 13 partner companies - a figure expected to be closer to 100 within the year . Crunchbase CEO Jager McConnell said he hopes many of Crunchbase 's 40 million unique visitors who came to the site last year will go on to become registered users , and said Crunchbase Marketplace could be the " ultimate source " for the data behind future enterprise data .
Almost a year after proposing the idea , Crunchbase has launched its third - party data marketplace . For less than $ 50 per month , Crunchbase data subscribers can sign up to data sets from 13 partner companies - a figure expected to be closer to 100 within the year . Crunchbase CEO Jager McConnell said he hopes many of Crunchbase 's 40 million unique visitors who came to the site last year will go on to become registered users , and said Crunchbase Marketplace could be the " ultimate source " for the data behind future enterprise data .