CB Insights vs Crunchbase

See what’s next – beyond funding news

True predictive intelligence moves past surface-level signals to uncover the traction, hiring, partnerships, and competitive moves that shape the future of private companies — before it’s obvious.

Predictive intelligence on private companies

Expert Analyst Research
Investor Data
M&A, IPO, & SPAC Tracking
VC & PE Deals
11M+ Company Profiles
Earnings Calls & Transcripts
Valuations
Revenue
Business Relationships
Product & Feature Launches

CB Insights vs. Crunchbase

Comprehensive data

11M+ private and public companies tracked globally, the most comprehensive dataset.

Limited coverage, missing key data and geographies.

Predictive intelligence on private companies

Deep proprietary signals on tech adoption, traction, hiring, and competitive moves — before they’re obvious.

Shows past funding, growth events, and company exits. Focused mainly on what’s already been reported.

Proprietary data science

Proprietary signals and models to predict and quantify company health, market acceleration, and exit likelihood.

Uses models to estimate funding chances, growth, and exits. Accuracy varies based on data completeness.

Private company revenue data

Modeled company revenues and momentum indicators that provide a forward-looking view.

Revenue estimates are available, but coverage is incomplete.

Global private company deal coverage

Tracks global private company funding, partnerships, and exits; strong depth in U.S. coverage.

Tracks funding rounds, acquisitions, and other deal events. Smaller companies or markets may have limited coverage.

AI workflow and automation

Purpose built AI agents, scouting reports, and predictive analytics that automate discovery and insight generation.

Supports API, bulk export, and AI-powered search, but no purpose built AI agents or automated predictive analytics.

Data verification and sourcing

Dedicated industry experts for research and analysis, all data sources verified and cited.

No dedicated industry experts and crowd-sourced data. Accuracy depends on user contributions.

Data available via API

Offers API and data feeds for company, market, and predictive signal data, enabling integration with enterprise AI systems.

Provides structured company data and funding info for integration into tools or CRMs.

“CB Insights sets us up for success, surfacing the signals others
miss so we can anticipate needs before the first handshake.”

Expert Networks

What people believe Intuition from experts. Useful for context and narrative. Limitation: Time consuming, hard to verify.

High

CB Insights

What’s next — and what to do about it Predictive insight from rare verified data. Combines GenAI and machine learning with human oversight and expertise. Built for high-stakes decisions.

Legacy market
intelligence databases

What happened Clean, structured. Good for benchmarking. Limitation: Doesn’t reveal what’s next.

Low Slow/manual

Public AI and search

What the internet says Fast and broad. Growing analytical power. Limitation: Low trust. Plenty of answers, but few you’d bet on.

Real-time/automated

Quality of insight

Speed of insight

To shape the future, you need a way to see the future

Leaders are forced to rely on backward-looking data and opinions to make forward-looking decisions. This is reactive intelligence, and it’s dangerously late.

CB Insights gives you predictive intelligence to see where the world’s private companies and tech markets are headed. A view backed by verified data, that surfaces your next move early enough to take it.

Insights are good.
Action is better.

Use our predictive intelligence AI agents to instantly tackle research, diligence, briefings, and more. Save months of work. Put one agent — or the whole squad — to work today.

Hire our Team of Agents

ChatCBI™

General purpose agent trained on our data. Ask questions in our chat interface or connect directly to your AI.
Personal Briefing

Scours the news for your next big idea.
Sales Account Planner

Accelerates rep ramp-up with deep account understanding.
Partner and New Business Finder

Detects high-value partnership and sales opportunities.
Scouting Report

Generates instant analyst-grade SWOT analysis on any
private company.
Commercial Due Diligence Accelerator

Reduces diligence timelines from weeks to hours.
Deep Analyst

Generates rich analytical research and reports.
Acquisition Hunter

Identifies strategic targets before competitors notice them.
Competitive Sentinel

Monitors what rivals are buying, building, and investing in.
Earnings Analyst

Delivers CEO-ready competitive intel within hours of earnings calls.
Business Relationship Analyst

Maps customer, vendor, and partner relationships.

“CB Insights is data you don’t get publicly — you can use their predictive signals to see where the money is flowing, who sits behind the companies, and how they stack up against the competition.”

Move faster. Think smarter. Win bigger.

Predictive intelligence transforms how your organization makes strategic decisions. Our customers accelerate revenue growth, develop ideas and turn them into strategy and execution faster.

Today’s process

With CB Insights

Create and rank a list of companies to pursue

8 hours

30 seconds >

Write a scouting report

3 hours

Instant, automatic >

Analyze competitor earnings

4 hours

Instant, automatic >

Get up to speed on new markets