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Find the deal that will transform your company

The world's leading enterprises use CB Insights to find the right startups to acquire, invest in, partner with and sell to – using data and insights not available anywhere else

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Trusted by the world's leading companies

10 largest
businesses

All of
the Big 4

86% of software
companies

4 largest
cloud providers

26 of 30 largest
banks

4 largest pharma
companies

All 5 FAANG
companies

3 largest
U.S. telcos

Most strategy and deal teams still use reactive intelligence — and it costs them

Predictive intelligence gives strategy and deal teams what they've always wanted: a head start

The innovation economy – mapped for corporate deal teams

With millions of fast-moving companies, the technology space is noisy. CB Insights gives enterprise strategy, corp dev, M&A and business development teams the signals they need to make sense of it, and move first.

Realtime, granular visibility of the key emerging spaces

See early market and competitive shifts, giving you clarity on where to focus.

See the companies that count, and how they're connected

Early signals reveal how companies are shifting focus, forming partnerships, and placing strategic bets, so you can respond deliberately — or neutralize moves before they take hold.

Rapidly see which companies are worth your time

Early clarity on direction, targets, and timing lets you act with conviction — securing the opportunities that fit your goals before the market crowds in.

Win more. Win bigger.

This is the impact of seeing the right next move early.

Our customers out-execute competitors:

2.8x

more acquisitions

more investments

4.5x

more partnerships

Those moves compound into growth:

25%

larger deal size

10-20%

more new pipeline

70%

faster revenue growth than peers

“Real-time visibility into every emerging tech market.”

“In a matter of minutes, we created a target list and screened 6 M&A targets for a big meeting. Our client acquired one of them 3 months later.”

Big 4 Global Consultant

“I can find and validate the best clients, 10x faster than before.”

Major Professional Services Company

“A market leader in helping companies find investment.”

TOP TEN GLOBAL VC

“What's happening, why it matters, and what you need to do next.”

“Helps us to compress our time to decision.”

“What's happening, why it matters, and what you need to do next.”

“Helps us to compress our time to decision.”

“CB Insights surfaced a company that was disrupting its market, and — a key detail — that it was backed by two very wealthy local investors. This led directly to a $100m+ deal.”

Major Global Telco

“We review twice as many companies now with the confidence that we have a full view of the market.”

“We've taken the guesswork out of innovation.”

“With their proprietary business relationship data, we uncovered and won a $100M deal that would have been invisible without CB Insights.”

Big 3 Cloud Leader

“Allows us to move at speed.”

“CB Insights proprietary benchmarking data alone helped me prioritize a market, find an up-and-coming AI company, qualify and close a $120 million opportunity.”

Another Big 3 Cloud Leader

“We've taken the guesswork out of innovation.”

“With their proprietary business relationship data, we uncovered and won a $100M deal that would have been invisible without CB Insights.”

Big 3 Cloud Leader

“Allows us to move at speed.”

“CB Insights proprietary benchmarking data alone helped me prioritize a market, find an up-and-coming AI company, qualify and close a $120 million opportunity.”

Another Big 3 Cloud Leader

The ultimate platform for sourcing

Comprehensive data and tools to spot the private companies that matter — first.

Strategize
Comprehensive data on 12M companies and 1600+ markets, plus visual maps
Longlist
The best taxonomies, funding and revenue data
Shortlist
Predictive scoring and AI analysis to zoom in
Engage
Smart briefings and scouting reports to engage
Monitor
Intelligent watchlists and competitor monitoring

The system that makes predictive intelligence possible

Unique, non-public data on the private companies shaping the future

RARE DATA

Continuous monitoring of 12M companies worldwide, with global funding, financial, and firmographic intelligence, plus the deepest U.S. funding coverage.

Firmographics

Taxonomies

Investments

Business Relationships

Customer voice

Acquisitions

Hiring

Funding

Revenues

Deals

Competitors

Partners

Patents

Shows you which companies are worth your attention
— and why

PREDICTIVE SIGNALS

Our models surface future winners early — outperforming VC “smart money” and uncovering the 30% of companies that approach misses.

Reveals hidden patterns in complex markets

VISUAL INTELLIGENCE

Strategy maps, relationship graphs, and market maps transform massive amounts of private-company activity into clear patterns — so emerging shifts become obvious, not buried.

Strategy maps
Dashboards
Market maps
and more...

AI that turns predictive intelligence into decision-ready analysis

AI AGENTS

Our AI agents create target lists, investment memos, hiring patterns, scouting reports, and more — so your team can cover more ground, and focus on the decisions that matter.