People Contact Data Is Live -
2.1 Million Emails Added

"Does CB Insights have contact data for company executives or VCs?" We've heard that question a lot and as we're prone to do, we decided to take care of business. So you can now login into CB Insights and get email and phone number details for 2.1 million people (this grows daily). Hallelujah. Login to CB Insights here to check out a company/investor of interest or visit the profiles of Cloudera or Sequoia Capital to see how we do it. If any questions, email us by hitting the big green button.

The Orrick Big Data Report

Data on Big Data - How Meta. We're excited to be partnering with Orrick, a leading venture law firm, on a free Big Data report which will be issued next week. It will cover financing and exit trends, top investors, acquirers, IPO-bound companies and more. To sign up for the report and get it pre-release, go here.

2012 Tech M&A Report

2277 private tech companies acquired for $46.8B. 76% of the acquired tech companies hadn't raised VC money prior. The report has a number of other data points and trends on valuations, top acquirers and financing history of acquired companies. Check out highlights of the report here.

Rackspace Biz Dev Loves CBI

You want leads, we got leads. Rackspace, a new CB Insights client, is using us to turbocharge their sales/biz dev efforts. Check out what they have to say here. If you want to sell high-value services/products to high growth private companies and care about using your time efficiently, we've got the best company, investor and contact data in town.

There is No Ed Tech Bubble

Top 10 deals take 1/3 of the funding. We get it - bubble predictions are fun and "contrarian" and if you say it enough, you'll eventually be right, but please stop. Ed tech is not in a bubble. Here are some stats about financing and details on the biggest deals of 2012.