Tag Archives: CB Insights
E-Commerce Startups Market Landscape
CB Insights: These are the 120+ companies shaping global e-commerce, including startups selling apparel, used cars, baby care, eyeglasses, and more. We broke down e-commerce into the following categories: Internet Malls – This heavily-funded category includes multi-product online shopping platforms … Continue reading
Top Investors in Digital Health
CB Insights: Digital health continues to be a hot category as the number of investors entering the space globally continues to increase, with more than 1,350 unique investors with at least one investment in a digital health company in 2015. … Continue reading
50 Startups Disrupting the Legal Services Industry
CB Insights: Online Legal Services – This section includes startups that provide a range of online legal services to consumers and businesses. This was the largest category in our map and includes Avvo which raised a $71.5M Series E from Technology Crossover Ventures … Continue reading
45 startups in the subscription e-commerce market landscape
CB Insights: Subscription e-commerce as a category has seen funding collapse and some companies struggle. At least five of these companies died in 2015, includingBeachmint which focused on celebrity-curated products. But the space counts some well-funded startups including Harry’s Razor … Continue reading
Key AR/VR Acquisitions
CB Insights: Deals to AR/VR startups have seen a massive boom in recent years, with 2015 seeing a record 135 deals and $700M in funding. Acquirers in AR/VR span wide variety of industries, include companies in social media, design software, consumer cameras, mobile … Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence is the New Big Data
Source: CB Insights Trends
Artificial Intelligence: Most Active Corporate Investors
CB Insights: Artificial intelligence dealmaking has exploded recently, leaping to a new quarterly record of over 140 deals in Q1’16. Corporates and their venture capital groups are among the most active investors in this category (tech corporates have also been … Continue reading
31 Startups Disrupting the Construction Industry
CB Insights: Construction tech, while still nascent, is a growing industry with funding growing 5x in 2015 alone. Collaboration Software – This was the largest category in our market map and includes tools that offer task management, job-site scheduling, and document management … Continue reading
62 Startups Disrupting the Hotel Industry
CB Insights: Hotel Booking – Startups like HotelUrbano are making it easier to find, compare, and book hotel stays. Some companies like HotelTonight provide customers with last-minute deals for unoccupied hotel rooms, while ByHours.com allows you to rent hotel spaces for hourly amounts as opposed to full … Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence Startups in Healthcare
CB Insights: The startups [above] have raised more than $870M in aggregate funding since 2011. This year has seen some notable deals involving companies on the map: New York-based AiCure raised $12.3M in Series A funding and London-based health services … Continue reading