Roxi vs. Crunchbase for defense tech
Crunchbase answers “who raised what.” Defense-tech diligence needs a second question generalist databases don’t ask: what does the government actually pay this company to do? That answer lives in the federal record, and it is what Roxi is built on.
Where each one wins
Crunchbase wins on breadth and recall: announced rounds, acquisitions, and people across every sector, fast and searchable. As a first-pass “does this company exist and who backed it” lookup, it is hard to beat.
Roxi wins on the signal defense investors underwrite: prime contract obligations and their trailing-12-month trend from USAspending; subawards and grants kept distinct from contracts; agency and sub-agency concentration; SBIR Phase III transition; upcoming recompete cliffs with dates; DoD daily award announcements; and SEC Form D filings — the regulatory record of raises, including the fund vehicles VCs file when raising new defense funds. Every figure cites the government source that produced it.
A raise is a claim about the future. An obligation is a payment that already happened. Roxi ranks companies by the second kind of evidence.
Common questions
How is Roxi different from Crunchbase?
Crunchbase catalogs announced funding events and company profiles across all sectors. Roxi computes defense-specific diligence signals from primary government data: federal contract obligations and their trend, agency concentration, SBIR Phase III transition, recompete exposure, and SEC Form D filings for companies and VC fund vehicles.
Does Roxi track funding rounds?
Yes, two ways: SEC Form D filings (the regulatory record of a raise, including rounds never covered by press) and corroborated web reporting for announced rounds, each labeled by source. Crunchbase-style crowd-sourced totals are not used.
Does Roxi cover companies outside defense?
No. Roxi covers the defense and dual-use ecosystem — that focus is what makes federal-record depth possible. For generalist coverage, use a generalist database.
Is Roxi free?
Roxi is currently in free preview at usdr-tech.com/roxi — no account required to ask questions.