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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 FirstMarkCapital 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

“Designed by a VC insider who truly knows the space and understands end-user needs.”

Greg BaeInvestments & Biz DevComcast Ventures

Greg BettinelliPartnerUpfront Ventures

“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..”

Kate BarrettDirectorNew Enterprise Associates

“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 SigalowPartner & Co-founderGreycroft Partners

“CB Insights has been of tremendous value to us…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. CBI data has been critical to increasing our efficiency and improving our processes..”

Satya PatelGeneral PartnerHomebrew

“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 PorteousGeneral Partner & COORRE Ventures

A few of our happy customersThe most publicly reference-able customers of anyone in the industry

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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 companies

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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 dealflow

• Stalk “smart money” investors & acquirers

• Visualize & predict market trends & industry health

• Find deep company data to streamline due diligence

• Track & benchmark non-financial performance signals

• Improve portfolio management efforts by monitoring competition & identifying talent

• Unearth potential sourcing or exit partners

• Find private company valuations and valuation multiples

How venture capitalists use usFrom deal sourcing to market trends to competitive intel, we have you covered

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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 MontgomeryMESA+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 PatelHomebrewGeneral 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 investments

…visualize the competitive dynamics surrounding a company or industry of interest

…understand who the other active investors are in my space

“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 CollettPromus VenturesManaging 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 KirkpatrickSJF VenturesManaging 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 RayBacklog CapitalFounder & 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 CarrollMarketoDirector

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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 GhoorahColumbus Nova Technology PartnersManaging 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 SwaniNovia CapitalPartner

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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