mu ha ha ha: that Bezos laugh

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Hi there,

A reminder that we’re working with The New York Times to rank the top venture capitalists. Log in to The CB Insights Editor.

For more info on the process for the rankings, visit here.

Dinner for you

In NYC for LendIt next month? If you’re a senior strategy, M&A or investment professional in financial services or a fintech VC/PE investor, we’ve got spots left at our dinner on March 6. Request an invite.

Sun salutations

From Walmart and Domino’s in India to local communities in Massachusetts, startups are working with large and small businesses and home owners to use solar solutions to generate electricity on site and reduce the cost of monthly electricity bills. We analyzed the distribution of investments into solar startups and how that distribution has shifted since 2012.

Printed versions of Cards Against Silicon Valley

We’ll be printing up physical versions of Cards Against Silicon Valley and giving them out at The Future of Fintech Conference.

It will also include a fintech expansion card pack.

Cuz who doesn’t want to make jokes about fintech?

If you’re a terrible tech person, be there and you’ll get a printed version of the game.

Mu ha ha ha ha

See The Blurb for an old Charlie Rose video featuring an interview with Jeff Bezos. Besides Bezos’ amazing laugh, what is phenomenal is his focus on the customer and his clarity of thought. It’s worth a listen.

Inactive

The flows of funds from active to passive funds in US equities is incredibly stark as the graphic below illustrates.

We’ll be digging into this trend at The Future of Fintech.

CPG gains

Last week, we dug into Unilever’s investment and acquisition history as news broke that it had rejected a $143B takeover bid from Kraft Heinz.

We also looked at financing to global VC-backed CPG startups since 2012. VC-backed CPG companies raised 167 investment rounds in 2016 worth $844M in total disclosed funding.

Employer market?

Have heard from several Bay Area folks that it’s harder to get a job and startup employers are being pickier right now.

That is anecdata but now, the data also suggests a slowdown.

Is leverage in tech shifting back to employers as the pace of new tech jobs slows down?

Off the record

We look at financing to private electronic medical record companies since 2012. In 2016, funding to the space saw a 33% drop from $159M in 2015 to $109M.

The Industry Standard

CB Insights data is the most trusted by those in the industry and the media. A few recent hits.

Fortune Term Sheet. Erin Griffith (@eringriffith) dives into AI startups in her newsletter with a reference to CB Insights investment data.

Inc. Zoe Henry (@zoelahenry) on why Skype’s co-founder Niklas Zennstrom raised a $765M investment fund for European startups with a mention of CB Insights funding data.

Business Insider. A report on the shrinking size of fintech deals with a reference to CB Insights funding data.

Bloomberg. Shelly Banjo (@sbanjo) writes about Nelson Peltz’s investment in Procter & Gamble and cites data on deals in the CPG sector.

Happy Monday.

I love you.

Anand
@asanwal

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