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Hi there,

So yesterday’s newsletter had an image with an F-bomb in it. 6 of you got very angry. Sorry.

BTW, we just crossed 10.3 billion subscribers on the CB Insights newsletter. This is the biggest newsletter in the history of newsletters. #alternativefacts

Ok ok — we just crossed 230,000 on the newsletter. Thank you so much for spreading the good word. If someone forwarded this to you, sign up here and cut out the middleman.

Smart start[ups]

From improving parking to optimizing waste collection to creating new public transit options, we look at the private companies that are working towards building smarter cities.

We’ll also dive into this subject and more during our Trends in Govtech and Smart Cities briefing this Thursday.

India

I’m going to be in India next week. Mostly vacation, but if you have a suitcase full of those new rupee notes you want to give me, I might make time for that.

I’ll be in Delhi, Mumbai, and Jodhpur.

Students at Future of Fintech

We’re opening up 25 discounted student tickets for the Future of Fintech Conference. To be considered for these discount tickets, you need to apply here by Jan 31st.

Look ma, I’m a VC

Some VC and corp dev friends of CB Insights are hiring. Check ’em out.

• Allstate Strategic Ventures – Corporate Venture Capital Analyst (Northbrook, IL)
• FirstMark Capital – Community & Content Lead (New York, NY)
• Comcast Ventures – Associate (Los Angeles, CA)
• United Healthcare Group (UHG) Ventures – Managing Director (Minnetonka, MN)
• Adobe – Sr. Manager, Corporate Development, M&A and Investments (San Francisco, CA)

Soonicorn

I learned the term “soonicorn” over the weekend from an article in LiveMint about our market map of unicorns (see The Industry Standard).

A soonicorn is a soon to be unicorn.

Here’s a list of the 183 current unicorns.

Who are some soonicorns? Let us know here.

Highly active

We examined the most active investors in the cannabis industry globally. Canopy Boulder, a seed-stage accelerator that invests primarily in the legal cannabis industry, is the most active investor.

Square beats circle?

Here’s what 1 square mile of 4 cities looks like. Grid vs circle vs who knows.

The quietest places in the USA

Need a break from the noise? Here’s where to go.

Chinese AR/VR

We looked at funding by investors based in Greater China into AR/VR startups. Last year, China-based investors participated in 36 deals totaling $1.2B in disclosed funding, which translates to 71% growth in deals and a 277% boom in funding.

Exit only

We analyzed annual exits in the real estate tech space over the last 5 years. There were 48 real estate tech exits in 2016, a 13% drop compared to 2015.

The Industry Standard

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

LiveMint. A look at what Indian “soonicorns” can learn from their global peers with a reference to CB Insights unicorn data.

Techcrunch. An analysis on trends in Israel’s cybersecurity investments with a reference to CB Insights global funding data.

Business Insider. A look at how Mark Zuckerberg thinks the VR industry will evolve with a mention of CB Insights investment data.

Hope you had a terrific Tuesday.

I love you.

Anand
@asanwal

P.S. We crossed 230,000 subscribers to this newsletter yesterday. If your boss forwarded this to you, subscribe here directly and don’t ever miss out.