CB Insights
CB Insights is a tech market intelligence platform that uses predictive analytics, AI, and proprietary datasets to help enterprises discover, evaluate, and track private and public companies for investment, acquisition, partnership, and sales opportunities.
Perfect for
CB Insights is best suited for large enterprises and institutional investors that need to make strategic decisions about technology investments, acquisitions, partnerships, and competitive positioning.
- Corporate strategy and innovation teams at Fortune 500 companies evaluating emerging technologies and startup ecosystems
- Corporate venture capital teams scouting for investment opportunities and conducting due diligence on private companies
- M&A teams identifying acquisition targets and assessing company health using predictive scoring
- Sales and business development teams seeking to identify and qualify technology vendors and potential partners
- Venture capital firms tracking deal flow, market trends, and portfolio company performance
- Market research and competitive intelligence teams monitoring industry shifts, competitor activity, and emerging trends
Key strengths
Unmatched private company data coverage with 12M+ company profiles, proprietary predictive scores (Mosaic, Commercial Maturity, Exit Probability), and non-public deal data not available elsewhere
Broad enterprise integration ecosystem including MCP support for any major LLM, Salesforce CRM, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Snowflake, and robust APIs/data feeds
AI-native platform with ChatCBI strategy LLM and Team of Agents for automated scouting, due diligence, and competitive analysis workflows
Expert analyst-led research covering AI, fintech, digital health, blockchain, and venture capital with timely reports on emerging trends
Trusted by top-tier enterprises including all Big 4, 10 largest businesses, 86% of software companies, and 26 of 30 largest banks
Considerations
Primarily designed for large enterprises; pricing and feature depth may be excessive for small businesses or individual users
Not a logistics, fulfillment, or supply chain platform; value to ecommerce brands and 3PLs is limited to market intelligence and competitor tracking
Free trial limited to 10 days, and full platform access requires a subscription with pricing not publicly disclosed
Heavy focus on technology and startup ecosystems; may offer less depth for non-tech industries or traditional sectors
About CB Insights
CB Insights provides a tech market intelligence platform that analyzes millions of data points on companies, investors, patents, partnerships, and market trends to help enterprises make faster, more informed strategic decisions. The platform covers over 12 million company profiles with double-verified data and tracks 1,600+ tech markets, offering predictive scores such as the Mosaic Score (measuring company health and growth potential), Commercial Maturity scores, Exit Probability metrics, and Customer Sentiment analysis. Trusted by the 10 largest businesses in the world, all Big 4 accounting firms, 86% of major software companies, and 26 of the 30 largest banks, CB Insights serves as a critical tool for corporate strategy, venture capital, M&A, sales, and innovation teams.
The platform's core tools include the Strategy Terminal, a predictive AI web application for company discovery and analysis; ChatCBI, a strategy-focused LLM powered by proprietary predictive data; and a Team of Agents available for company scouting, due diligence, new business acquisition, and M&A workflows. CB Insights also provides extensive integration capabilities, connecting its data with Salesforce CRM, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Snowflake, and any major LLM through MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration and APIs. The Developer Portal and data feeds enable organizations to build custom applications on top of CB Insights' continuously refreshed datasets.
Beyond its technology platform, CB Insights maintains an expert analyst team that produces advanced human-led research across key verticals including AI, fintech, digital health, blockchain, and venture capital. The platform serves a wide range of strategic use cases, from corporate venture capital and product strategy to GenAI strategy, market research, and digital/IT strategy. CB Insights offers a free 10-day trial and positions itself as the definitive source for predictive intelligence on private companies and emerging technology markets.
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