ESPN for startup data
Hi there,
After one of our recent posts highlighting App Store data among competitors, someone commented on Twitter that CB Insights is becoming an ESPN for startup data. Pretty cool.
We're increasingly using data to not just let you identify lists of companies and investors but to actually let you see in an objective and data-driven way how companies, investors and industries are doing and stack up against one another. Our mobile app momentum newsletter is just one way we're doing this as we mine 1 million apps in the iTunes mobile app store (adding Google Play soon). And many customers are taking performance metrics data directly via our API as well.
This evolution in our product and data has largely come as the result of feedback and ideas from customers so (1) thank you and (2) please keep 'em coming.
Cheers,
Anand
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NYC investor-startup dinner. On Tues, March 4th, we're hosting a dinner with several VCs and 6-10 startups focused on building automation, connected home, transportation tech and cleanweb solutions. We have one spot left for a NY-based star tup so if you fit the bill and are interested in joining us for dinner (it's free), send me an email (just hit reply).
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YoY funding doubles. As the healthcare IT market grows, VC investors including KPCB, Khosla Ventures and Google Ventures are increasingly betting on startups specializing in verticalized data analytics solutions for the healthcare sector. See the full brief for financing trends in the healthcare data analytics space.
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CB Insider Posts
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Enterprise app jumps in App Store. On February 9th, Marc Andreessen tweeted about collaborative business productivity app Slack. The app has been in limited preview release since Aug. 2013 but has risen steadily since the new year and jumped into the top 100-ranked 'Business' apps after Andreessen's tweet. See Slack's mobile app data trend.
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Advisor and investor. As competition for tech deals heats up among i-banks, Goldman Sachs has increasingly jumped into private tech investments. The financial giant has participated in over 60 deals since 2009, including to Tech IPO Pipeline cos such as Uber, Dropbox and Nutanix. See the full brief for the firm's tech investing trends and most well-funded portfolio cos.
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CB Insights data in the press. Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp wasn't Sequoia's first unicorn rodeo. And based on the number of pre-exit companies with billion-dollar valuations currently in Sequoia's portfolio, it isn't likely to be the venture firm's last. See the Silicon Valley Business Journal article on Sequoia's most recent hits and its next potential winners.
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Our Last Two Newsletters
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