cb insights product overview: better decisions with intelligent data
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Product Overview
C B I n s i g h t s
B e t t e r d e c i s i o n s w i t h i n t e l l i g e n t d a t a
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Backed by the National Science Foundation, CB Insights uses data science and machine learning to
help our customers predict what’s next—their next customer, their next investment, the next market
they should attack, or the next company they should acquire.
The world’s leading global corporations including
the likes of Cisco, Salesforce, Castrol and Gartner
as well as top tier VCs including, NEA, Upfront
Ventures, RRE, and FirstMark Capital rely on CB
Insights to make decisions based on data, not
decibels.
In God we trust, all others must bring dataA unique combination of data science and machine learning to help you make data-driven decisions
”A detailed discussion of data collection and how the company parses them is written by CB Insights’ data scientists; it
convincingly tells the story of scalability and accuracy for what they call “The Cruncher.”
From “Predictive Analytics And Novel Visualization Draw Customers To 'Must Have' Data” published April 8, 2015
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See what other customers have to say at
http://www.cbinsights.com/customer-love
Greg Bettinelli
Partner
Upfront Ventures
“CB Insights has become essential to us at Upfront Ventures.
The information detail and accuracy combined with the ease of
use makes it a core part of our deal tracking and diligence
process.”
“CB Insights data has become an invaluable resource for us,
providing additional visibility into the angel and venture capital
activity in our markets. They have the best quality data in the
market for anyone looking to get an inside look at private
company financings.”
Ian Sigalow
Partner & Co-founder
Greycroft Partners
“We are using CB Insights to track dealflow, understand
valuation multiples, analyze industry trends and identify
comparable companies. We have found the data, analytics
and UI/UX to be incredibly relevant and useful.”
Will Porteous
General Partner & COO
RRE Ventures
A few of our happy customersThe most publicly reference-able customers of anyone in the industry
Kate Barrett
Director
New Enterprise Associates
“With CB Insights we can quickly and reliably aggregate data
across the investing landscape, from sector trends to financing
activity. The intuitive user interface and robust set of features
have made it a go-to resource for our team, and the customer
support is second to none..”
“CB Insights' intuitive user interface, analytical capabilities,
and detailed investment information create a very powerful
tool for our team's research needs.”
Nate D’Anna
Corporate Development
Cisco
Ed Zimmerman
Chair, Tech Group
Lowenstein Sandler
“For me, by far, the most comprehensive, insightful and accurate data
for venture capital financings and exits - hands down comes from CB
Insights…. Moreover, CBI gives you the ability to see things at a macro
industry level and then easily drill down into individual companies or
investors which is particularly powerful”
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Data• Comprehensive - 150,000+ sources tracked
• Scalable – Tech-driven machine learning engine
• Real-time – Data comes in real-time
• Proprietary – 25% of data via exclusive relationships with investors &
service providers
• See this article for a full write-up on data-collection technology
Reporting & Visualization• Heatmaps to see where markets are going
• Business Social Graph to map industry players
• Industry Analytics to quickly see industry trends
Monitoring & Analysis• Automated alerts on industries and key players
• Non-financial signals of company momentum
Predictive Analytics• Algorithms to uncover the hottest sectors
• Predictive intel on breakout companiesBusiness Value
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“According to CB Insights…”From the NY Times to Bloomberg, CB Insights data is used by hundreds of leading media outlets every week
“CB Insights put out an intriguing infographic in which they analyzed the most capital efficient unicorns.
That is, the startups with the highest ratio of investment to current estimated valuation.”
See our latest media mentions
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“London & Partners, working with data from CB Insights, says that money-transfer startup WorldRemit
raised the most of any other company in Q1, a $100 million round in February”
“The stakes for both exchanges are high. According to the research firm CB Insights, about 588 privately
backed companies have valuations of more than $100 million, meaning that they are potential candidates
for going public sometime in the next several years.”
“Last year, more than $100 million flowed into U.S. drone start-ups, according to CB Insights, double
2013 levels.”
“About 33 Dallas-based tech companies have been acquired since 2012, including the enterprise cloud
company SoftLayer, which was bought by IBM in 2013 for $2 billion, according to data from CB Insights. ”
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• Uncover high quality data about private companies
• Stalk “smart money” investors & acquirers
• Visualize & predict market trends & industry health
• Conduct deep research via info-rich company profiles
• Uncover breakout companies and understand their strategy,
business model, people, and technology
• Find private company valuations and valuation multiples
• Find and network with industry leaders
How customers use us
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Identify dealflowSet proactive alerts on companies that you care about by industry, geography, stage, amount raised and more
I want to…
…track all early stage companies in a
given geography for select industries
…filter for companies in my sector
who last raised financing 12 to 24
months ago
…get alerts on all relevant company
financings sent right to my inbox
“Having data feeds delivered to our inboxes
on a daily basis saves us a ton of time and
uncovers transactions we wouldn’t have
otherwise known about.”
Andrew Montgomery
MESA+
Vice President
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Find & stalk smart money investorsMonitor strategies and deals of investors and uncover new sources of dealflow in your areas of focus
I want to…
…build my sources for deal-flow and
follow-on investments based on a
competitor’s network
…examine the investment strategy of
other smart-money investors
…track the portfolio health of others
in my space
“CBI's data on investors and their syndicates
shows us which angels, micro VCs and
larger venture funds to focus on for our own
network of relationships.”
Satya Patel
Homebrew
General Partner
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See emerging trends firstAsk industry level questions, monitor trends, visualize answers, and drill down into more granular data in seconds
I want to…
…examine an industry’s funding
trends over the last 2 years
……improve opportunistic positioning
by identifying growth & momentum
within sub-industries
…understand the least competitive
stage to invest in within an industry
“Industry Analytics allow you to see macro-
trends at the sector level, providing a top-
down look on what is happening in a given
space.”
Greg BaeComcast VenturesInvestments & Business Development
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Visualize competitive dynamics & expand your networkID active dealflow partners or visualize industry/company relationships
I want to…
…find the most active acquirers in
the sectors where I have active
interests
…visualize the competitive dynamics
surrounding a company or industry of
interest
…understand the strategy of my
competitors by analyzing their
investment and acquisition activity
“Since a picture is worth a thousand
words…CBI is able to apply the data into
intuitive visualizations that helps us
tremendously with analysis. It’s a powerful
product!”
Mike Collett
Promus Ventures
Managing Partner
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Analyze deep private company dataMonitor everything happening inside of a private company quickly
I want to…
…access performance metrics,
valuation data, and info on
technology, people, and financing
history on a company to simplify
initial due diligence
…follow the latest news and
competitor info
…automate notices for lists of
strategic companies
“CB Insights is the first place we look for data
on prospect companies – including their
investors, competitors, teams, market trends,
etc. CBI saves us so much time in efficiently
conducting initial diligence and often has data
we can’t find elsewhere..”
Dave Kirkpatrick
SJF Ventures
Managing Director
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Uncover non-financial performance signals Leverage unique performance metrics to assess company growth & find synergistic talent
I want to…
…understand a company’s growth
trajectory using hiring data
…monitor the marketing execution of
a portfolio company (or opportunity)
relative to its competition
…parse a company’s tech stack
“Provides us with the extra insight we need to
find up and coming companies and sectors to
invest in.”
JW Ray
Backlog Capital
Founder & Managing Partner
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I want to…
…ID potential disruptors, find their
copy-cats, and monitor their growth
…identify unknown companies
operating in hot sectors of interest
…quickly build a list for customized
analytics
Discover and analyze comparable companies Leverage algorithms to scan the competitive landscape and proactively identify competitive threats
“CB Insights has been a great addition to our
toolkit. It’s stupid easy to use and helps us
identify private companies who are hot and
flying under the radar.”
Ray Carroll
Marketo
Director
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I want to…
…poach talented C-level executives
at other VC-backed companies in my
sector
…build my personal network with
board members at key companies
…find qualified advisors for portfolio
companies
Find the right peopleFind and poach talent, network with board executives, and more
“CBI is a great tool for finding detailed investment
information about a wide range of companies and
market dynamics. Their easy to use interface,
data visualization and analytical
capabilities…provides accurate and
comprehensive data.”
Bob Ghoorah
Columbus Nova Technology
Partners
Managing Partner
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I want to…
…track valuations at the industry
level over the last 12 months
…obtain valuation multiples for both
M&A and financing transactions
Obtain private company valuation dataUncover hard-to-find private company valuations. CB Insights is the only source with valuation multiples for private companies.
“Things like valuation multiple search…give
us unique data-driven insights that aren't
available elsewhere.”
Kevin Swan
iNovia Capital
Partner
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For questions / To schedule a demo
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Call +1 (212) 292-3148
Questions?Beyond a great product, we are recognized for our customer service. Don’t hesitate to be in touch.
“In addition to their data and user interface, you get customer support within
minutes for every question and custom data requests from the people who are
building the product and who know what they are talking about.”
–Kevin Diestel
“A clean and easy to use interface and a super responsive customer support team
makes CB Insights the best option for Comcast Ventures’ research needs.”
–Greg Bae
“The CBI team takes our feedback seriously and they have continued to refine the
product; it is great to see someone innovating in the venture capital data space.”
-Will Porteous
“The intuitive user interface and robust set of features have made it a go-to resource
for our team, and the customer support is second to none!!”
-Kate Barrett