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CB Insights
CB Insights was founded in New York and maintains a second office in Paris, France.
CB Insights
CB Insights was founded in New York and maintains a second office in Paris, France. The firm operates a predictive intelligence platform that continuously monitors private companies, markets, and competitive signals using AI to surface early insight for corporate strategy and deal teams. The platform covers asset classes including private equity, venture capital, and corporate development. It provides data on 12 million companies and 1,600+ tech markets, with tools for strategizing, longlisting, shortlisting, engaging, and monitoring. The platform uses predictive scoring, AI agents, and visual intelligence including strategy maps and market maps. Clients use the system to identify M&A targets, partnership opportunities, and competitive moves. CB Insights reports that its customers see 2.8x more M&A targets and 4.5x more partnership opportunities, and that 25% of companies sourced through the platform result in revenue within 12 months. The firm serves clients across North America and globally. CB Insights does not publicly disclose team size, AUM, or deployment numbers. The platform integrates with CRM systems, Snowflake, and APIs. The firm partners with customers through Forward-Deployed Strategists who help embed predictive intelligence into workflows. Recent institutional reports indicate the platform is used by major corporations and strategy teams, though specific transaction details are not public. A structural differentiator is CB Insights' use of proprietary non-public data on private companies, combined with predictive signals that claim to outperform traditional venture capital returns. The platform's AI agents generate investment memos, scouting reports, and target lists directly from the data, making the firm more of a decision-support engine than a traditional asset manager.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
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AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
New York
Corporate office
New York, NY, United States
Additional offices
Paris, France
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at CB Insights?
CB Insights does not publicly name a single CEO or CIO leading investment decisions. The firm appears structured as a technology company rather than an asset manager, with product and engineering teams driving the platform. No named investment committee or principals are disclosed on its website.
How does CB Insights source proprietary deal flow?
CB Insights sources deal flow through its predictive intelligence platform, which continuously monitors 12 million private companies and 1,600+ tech markets. The platform uses AI to surface early signals, including funding, financial, and firmographic data, and claims to have the deepest U.S. funding coverage. This approach is designed to surface companies before they appear in banker decks or press (per the firm, 2026).
Is CB Insights structured as a single family office or does it operate more like a venture firm?
CB Insights is not a family office. It is a technology company that provides a predictive intelligence platform for corporate strategy and deal teams. The firm's website describes it as a system used by the world's leading companies to source and analyze private companies, not as an investment firm managing capital.
Does CB Insights participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
CB Insights does not disclose participating in fund commitments or direct deals. The firm's known activity is providing data and analytics to clients, not deploying capital as an investor. Its platform is used by clients for M&A, partnerships, and investments, but CB Insights itself does not claim to commit capital.
What investment stages does CB Insights typically target?
CB Insights does not target investment stages because it is not an investment firm. Its platform covers companies across all stages, from early-stage startups to mature private companies, and is used by clients for sourcing at any stage. The firm provides data and predictive signals for corporate development, venture capital, and private equity clients.
Which sectors does CB Insights explicitly avoid?
CB Insights does not disclose any sectors it avoids. The platform tracks 1,600+ tech markets across a wide range of sectors including AI/ML, enterprise software, fintech, digital health, cybersecurity, and space tech. Its website highlights coverage of any technology market that clients monitor.
Where does the underlying wealth come from?
CB Insights does not disclose any underlying wealth origin. The firm is not an investment firm managing family or institutional capital. Its revenue comes from selling subscriptions to its predictive intelligence platform to corporations, strategy teams, and deal teams.
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