In 2008, Anand Sanwal and Jonathan Sherry founded CB Insights with a clear realization: the world of private markets was operating in the dark. While public markets had Bloomberg terminals and real-time data, corporate strategists, venture capitalists, and business development leaders were flying blind when it came to private companies. They saw that critical decisions about partnerships, acquisitions, and investments were being made on gut instinct rather than data - because the data simply didn't exist in one place. So they built it.
Today, CB Insights has grown into a market intelligence platform that fuses machine learning, algorithms, and data science to turn exclusive information on millions of private companies into predictive intelligence. The platform analyzes billions of data points across venture capital deals, patents, partnerships, news mentions, and more to help clients see tomorrow's opportunities today. With 11 million+ companies tracked and trusted by 86% of software companies and all of the Big 4, CB Insights has become the standard for how organizations discover, understand, and predict technology trends. From Fortune 500 firms to top-tier VCs, the world's most innovative companies rely on CB Insights to identify disruptors before they disrupt.
