CB Insights
CB Insights Logo | |
| Industry | Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Venture Capital |
|---|---|
| Founded | New York, NY - June 2008 |
| Founders | Anand Sanwal, Jonathan Sherry |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Revenue | $100 Million (Est. 2022)[1] |
Number of employees | 400 (Est. 2021)[2] |
| Website | cbinsights |
CB Insights is a private company with a business analytics platform and global database that provides market intelligence on private companies and investor activities.[3] The platform provides summaries of private companies and investor activities.
Operations
CB Insights was founded on January 1, 2008, by Anand Sanwal, and Jonathan Sherry and is headquartered in New York.[4]
The company has raised capital in three rounds of funding with the most recent one being $10 million in series A funding raised in 2015, led by the growth stage investment firm RSTP.[5] The company had previously raised $1.15 million in grants from the National Science Foundation for its private company scoring software, called Mosaic.[6]
The company offers business analysis research and reports focused on private markets. The company also publishes a weekly newsletter written by company founder Anand Sanwal in an irreverent style.[7]
The company announced acquisition of VentureSource data assets from Dow Jones & Company on July 15, 2020.[8]
References
- ^ "CB Insights nears one million email subscribers". Axios. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ "CB Insights People". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ Lougen, Colleen (2017-10-02). "CB Insights". Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship. 22 (3–4): 247–250. doi:10.1080/08963568.2017.1372018. ISSN 0896-3568. S2CID 216139809.
- ^ "Anand Sanwal is bringing love to finance data – Tearsheet". tearsheet.co. 23 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ "CB Insights raises $10M and launches a bot for making email introductions". VentureBeat. 2015-11-09. Archived from the original on 2020-07-11. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ "CB Insights Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding". TechCrunch. 9 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ Weissman, Cale Guthrie (2016-06-29). "How Emailing "I Love You" Translated Into $1 Million In Data Analysis Revenue". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ^ Torres, Alexander. "CB Insights acquires 27 years of private company data from Dow Jones to broaden its power to inform business customers". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2020-08-02.