CB Insights

CB Insights is a private company with a business analytics platform and global database that provides market intelligence on private companies and investor activities. The platform provides summaries of private companies and investor activities.

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CB Insights was founded on January 1, 2008, by Anand Sanwal, and Jonathan Sherry and is headquartered in New York.
The company has raised capital in three rounds of funding with the most recent one being $10 million in series A funding raised in 2015, led by the growth stage investment firm RSTP. The company had previously raised $1.15 million in grants from the National Science Foundation for its private company scoring software, called Mosaic.
The company offers business analysis research and reports focused on private markets. The company also publishes a weekly newsletter written by company founder Anand Sanwal in an irreverent style.
The company announced acquisition of VentureSource data assets from Dow Jones & Company on July 15, 2020.