[ Use cases ]

Built for the teams who can't wait for the announcement.

Six concrete patterns we see in production usage today.

For data vendors

Your seed-stage pipeline is reactive — you wait for press releases, then race competitors to add the row.

With Cross Gliding — Augment your pipeline with verified pre-funding rows, before the announcement event. Every row carries provenance, so it slots cleanly into your QA flow.

cURL

GET /v1/companies?region=EU&funding=pre-funding&verified=true&since=30d

response

{ "results": 312, "page": 1, "data": [ ... ] }

For VC scouts

By the time a warm intro arrives, the round is half-closed and the price is set.

With Cross Gliding — Surface founders in your geography and thesis the week they incorporate, not the month they raise.

cURL

GET /v1/companies?country=DE&sector=ai-ml&founded_after=2025

response

{ "results": 47, "top_signal": "founder:linkedin-delta" }

For enterprise BD

Your top-of-funnel is dominated by post-Series-A buyers. The next 12 months of net-new accounts are invisible.

With Cross Gliding — Build a forward pipeline of pre-funding companies in the buyer profile you already convert against.

cURL

GET /v1/companies?signals=hiring,domain&sector=devtools&country=US

response

{ "results": 894, "added_24h": 23 }

For M&A advisors

Quiet builders rarely surface in conventional databases until after the auction starts.

With Cross Gliding — Map every credible pre-funding builder in a given sector, anywhere in the world, with the source chain attached.

cURL

GET /v1/companies?sector=industrial&region=APAC&verified=true

response

{ "results": 188, "exportable_as": ["json","csv","parquet"] }

For corporate development

You only learn about an acquisition target when the broker sends a teaser.

With Cross Gliding — Build a continuously-refreshed list of candidate targets across the strategic sectors you watch.

cURL

GET /v1/companies?sector=cyber&country=IL,GB,US&signals=patent

response

{ "results": 76, "refreshed_at": "2026-05-25T02:34Z" }

For sales intelligence

Your ICP definitions catch the company at month 18; you want them at month 3.

With Cross Gliding — Push ICP-matching pre-funding companies into your CRM with full source provenance.

cURL

POST /v1/webhooks  (subscribe to ICP-matching new records)

response

{ "subscription_id": "wh_…", "delivery": "https://yourapp/cg" }

Talk through your use case 1:1? info@crossgliding.com