Pros and Cons of CB Insights 2024 (2024)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used to have an internal team, who was responsible for developing strategies by evaluating market trends. We have replaced this with CB Insights. CB Insights takes care of all that for us. We just have to make sure we invest in potential firms.

Pros and Cons

Likelihood to Recommend

It is highly suited for mid-size to large-scale firms. For small-scale firms, I don't think it will be feasible to have CB Insights. If you are not ready to have your own research team, or you think your team is not competent enough, You should definitely go for CB Insights.

Most Important Features

Return on Investment

Alternatives Considered

Better Pricing & Better ROI !

Other Software Used

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

CBInsights is part of our investment opportunity sourcing platform. We use the system to identify new companies and benchmark the traction of existing companies to their cohorts. Additionally, we use their contact information features to obtain the email addresses of key executives and founders as needed. We also use the platform for general market research.

Pros and Cons

Likelihood to Recommend

It is great for investment teams looking for new opportunities. Good for inside sales teams looking for well-funded clients.

Return on Investment

Alternatives Considered

PitchBook has better cap table data for tracking investors.

Support Rating

8

Very responsive and eager to maintain client relationships.

Other Software Used

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am responsible for growing Creating The Future Today, which means i need to have the most intelligent, unbiased reporting on what the future holds. That has always been difficult to obtain from the historical providers of software analysts. My priority is to create what our customers need, and that needs to supported by the most accurate data I can find. That is what we find in CB Insights.

Pros and Cons

Likelihood to Recommend

Transparency - we were reading a lot of hype about Bitcoin, and it was in every market sector. Those of us who remember 2001, were alarmed. But digging through to find the truth was a challenge. CB Insights provided regular, extensive data every week, more often at the peak. We are certain our own analysis was correct based on that and stopped worrying that we might have missed a market opportunity.

Return on Investment

Alternatives Considered

Pitch book was our favorite resource, until we started using CB Insights. CB Insights just has far better coverage and include very extensive private company intelligence too which adds a level of customer insight accuracy that no one else can.

Other Software Used

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are actively engaged in three very fast moving industries which makes it extremely important to stay up-to-date with a broad spectrum of changes, players and potential competitors. Traditional sources of such information were not meeting our needs. So after much research we discovered, tested and are now extremely pleased with CB Insights. While I and my CCO are the primary users for strategy, we are able to share info with the rest of our team, as needed.

Pros and Cons

Likelihood to Recommend

Return on Investment

Alternatives Considered

Traditional research services by market and product just can't keep up anymore, in my opinion. We had to seek out who could, and our choice of CB Insights two years ago has proven to be one of the smartest choices we've ever made.

Other Software Used