CB Insights

We provide predictive intelligence on private companies to predict their future performance and strategic direction. We developed the Mosaic Score to forecast the outlook for private companies. This has grown into a comprehensive platform that uses AI and data to provide insights for strategy, investment, and business development teams.

Our platform continuously monitors over 11 million private companies worldwide, along with market and competitive indicators. We use AI to identify early insights for deal-making, partnerships, and strategic moves. We collect extensive data: firmographics, taxonomies, investments, business relationships, customer feedback, acquisitions, hiring, funding, revenues, deals, competitors, partners, and patents, with a focus on deep U.S. funding coverage.

Our core capabilities include Predictive Signals, where models identify emerging winners and sometimes outperform traditional investment strategies. Visual Intelligence tools, like strategy maps, relationship graphs, and market maps, organize private-company activity into patterns that highlight market shifts. AI Agents help teams by generating analyses such as target lists, investment memos, competitive analyses, and scouting reports, which speeds up decision-making. Our Data Solutions offer workflows and integrations, providing APIs, Snowflake, CRM integrations, and AI connectors to deliver data directly into client systems.

Our clients include Fortune 500 firms, all Big 4 global consultants, 86% of software companies, the four largest cloud providers, 26 of the 30 largest banks, the four largest pharma companies, all five FAANG companies, and the three largest U.S. telcos. We specialize in venture capital, M&A, corporate strategy, growth equity, private equity, corporate innovation, private market data, emerging technology, CVC, and corporate development. Founded in 2009, we also publish a tech newsletter with over half a million readers.

Our mission is to bring insight to all. We operate by a set of leadership principles that guide our employees:

• Exercise good judgment
• Believe that data informs and insight transforms
• Think big while starting small
• Go and see with your own eyes
• Choose one priority
• Help others
• Live off the land by being resourceful
• Insist on excellence
• Recognize danger zones (bureaucracy, complexity, no commitment, leaving what’s important unsaid or undone)
• Solve customer problems

We have over 200 employees. We foster a collaborative culture that values learning and experimentation, with an emphasis on ownership, quality, and continuous delivery.

Our teams work within agile frameworks, participating in ceremonies, code reviews, and sprint planning. We encourage employees to mentor others and focus on continuously delivering well-engineered solutions. Our culture is driven by experimentation and adherence to our leadership principles.

While some roles are remote, others use a hybrid model, requiring in-office presence on certain days.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package. This includes subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance with PPO, HSA, and FSA options. We offer paid parental leave and mental health resources through Headspace, Spring Health, and One Medical Memberships.

We provide a 401(k) with a 4% company match, a pre-tax commuter benefit, and pet insurance. We support professional development with an annual education stipend and offer generous paid time off. We also organize team-building events and provide training opportunities.