CB Insights vs. PitchBook

Don’t just react to the past – predict what’s next

Legacy systems just show you what happened. CB Insights gives you predictive intelligence that shows you your next move, 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. PitchBook

Predictive intelligence on private companies

Deep proprietary signals on tech adoption, traction, hiring, and competitive moves

Reactive, not predictive. Mostly deal and financial data; limited operating metrics

Proprietary data science

Algorithmically-driven scores for company health, stage of deployment, and exit probability

Financial modeling, comps; not predictive data science

Private company revenue data

Modeled revenues and momentum signals; forward-looking

Reported financials from filings and deals; limited modeling

Global private-company deal coverage

Strong, but narrower than PitchBook; lead in US deal coverage

Slight edge in global coverage, but behind CB Insights in US-based deals

AI workflow and automation

ChatCBI, purpose-built agents, scouting reports

Search, integrations

Data available via API

Company and market data feeds, proprietary signals, AI insights and agents

Funding, financials, and transactions

“Before CB Insights, we used PitchBook. It’s good on the macro level,
but what we need is micro, the company-level detail. That’s why we moved to CB Insights.”

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.

Transform how your organization makes strategic decisions. Our customers accelerate revenue growth, develop ideas and turn them into strategy and execution faster, and save millions on preventing misguided investments.

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