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Hi there,

We just released our 42-page LA tech report covering emerging trends and investments to Los Angeles-based tech startups.

Check out some highlights below.

But first.

Market top talk

For as long as we’ve been building CB Insights, folks have been saying we’re in a tech bubble. Today, we share a primer on how to convincingly call a market top courtesy of Barry Ritholtz (@ritholtz) so you can really get those thought leadership points.

The full article is in The Blurb and a couple of choice passages are provided below.

But first, some data goodness from CB Insights.

Most active in India

We looked at India’s most active tech investors from 2012 to 2017 year-to-date. Blume Ventures was the most active investor into Indian tech companies, funding 76 companies since 2012.

La La Land

On a quarterly basis, deal activity to LA tech startups has increased rapidly since Q3’16, topping out at 115 deals in Q2’17. Quarterly dollar funding has remained relatively stagnant over the same period.

The smartphone’s collateral damage

So many products have been decimated by the smartphone.

VCs with the mostess

Upfront Ventures and Greycroft Partners are among the VCs with the most tech exits in Los Angeles.

Some ways to sound smart when you call a bubble

Ritholtz offers 10 tips on how to call a market top and sound smart doing it. A couple of his tips below.

And no matter what, be unwavering in your confidence.

Truck talk

We looked at 12 notable, early-stage startups developing software platforms specifically aimed at disrupting the trucking industry. Of the companies on our list, 6 are Series A startups and 6 are seed or angel-stage companies that have raised money within the last year. India-based Blowhorn is featured below.

Final words

The words most frequently uttered by death row inmates in Texas prior to their execution.

Industry Standard

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

Financial Times. A report on Asian VC with a reference to the CB Insights Q2’17 MoneyTree report with PwC.

Bloomberg. Julie Verhage (@julieverhage) writes about ICOs exceeding early-stage VC funding and cites data found in the CB Insights Q2’17 MoneyTree report with PwC.

Redbull. A look at lab meat startups with a reference to CB Insights’ food replacement market map.

Economic Times. A look at Google’s acquisition of Halli Labs with a mention of CB Insights acquisition data.

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Anand
@asanwal

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