- Market Intelligence & Data
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CB Insights is a market intelligence platform that analyzes millions of data points on private companies, investors, patents, news, and markets to help corporates and investors understand technology trends, competitive landscapes, and deal activity.
Founded in 2008 in New York, CB Insights is widely used by corporate strategy, corporate venture, M&A, and investment teams to track private markets and emerging technologies. Its combination of structured data, analyst research, and visualization tools helps teams identify opportunities, monitor competitors, and make evidence-based strategic decisions.
Key Features
Private-company database – Data on over 12 million companies and 1,600+ markets, including funding, financials and firmographic information.
Predictive scoring – Models that surface “future winners” earlier than traditional VC “smart money,” highlighting high‑potential targets.
Visual intelligence – Strategy maps, relationship graphs and market maps to reveal emerging patterns and shifts in complex markets.
AI agents – AI assistants that build target lists, scouting reports, memos and benchmarking analyses to speed research.
Integrations – Data Feeds, APIs, MCPs, Snowflake, CRM and LLM connectors that embed CB Insights data and signals into customers’ own tools and data stacks.
AI Capabilities
Product experience is driven by ChatCBI and a host of agents for Scouting Companys, Market Research, Deal Analysis, Earnings Analysis
Integrations
Data Feed, Snowflake, API, CRM (Salesforce), MCP Server, AI Connectors for Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Glean
More Information
Founded in 2008 in New York, CB Insights is widely used by corporate strategy, corporate venture, M&A, and investment teams to track private markets and emerging technologies. Its combination of structured data, analyst research, and visualization tools helps teams identify opportunities, monitor competitors, and make evidence-based strategic decisions.
What sets it apart
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Deep coverage of venture and growth-stage companies and investors.
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Broad cross-sector coverage useful for corporate strategy and innovation teams.
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Mix of self-service tools and analyst content.
Key Facts
- Category
- Private Markets & Tech Intelligence
- Founded
- 2008
- Pricing
- Enterprise subscription; plans typically start in the mid five-figure USD range annually, with exact pricing depending on seat count, data modules, API usage, data integration mechanisms and volumes.
- Deal Stage
- Strategy
- Target Market
- Corporate M&A, Corporate Venture Capital, Business Development, Venture Capital, Private Equity
