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CB Insights raised $1.15M in non-dilutive NSF grants before taking VC
“We've raised some money from the National Science Foundation but that is non-dilutive, so they don't take any equity. It was a grant, so we raised 1.15 million dollars over a few grants but nothing that is you know, no money that has required us to give up equ…”
Anand Sanwal Jun 26, 2015 ▶ 3:18 Founder's Friday 001: How to Create Great Company Culture with Anand Sanwal, Founder @ CB Insights
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CB Insights acts as the Bloomberg terminal for venture capital
“Yes, we are absolutely not replacing VCs. We don't invest in companies. You know, I think of us like you know, the same way Bloomberg sells data to hedge funds, we're, you know, kind of comparable there.”
Anand Sanwal Jun 26, 2015 ▶ 16:31 Founder's Friday 001: How to Create Great Company Culture with Anand Sanwal, Founder @ CB Insights
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Sanwal: CB Insights has maintained 70% to 100% year-over-year growth
“We've grown kind of at a hundred percent, you know, 70 to a hundred percent year over year for the last several years.”
Anand Sanwal Dec 7, 2018 ▶ 12:34 20VC: CB Insights' Anand Sanwal on The Most Dangerous Myth Some Investors Have Promoted, Why Most B2B Content Is Crap and How To Make It Successful & Why Predigree Is Overrated and The Right Way To Scale Teams
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Anand Sanwal ran a $50M innovation fund at American Express
“I worked prior to CB Insights at American Express, so I ran, I was in their corporate venture group, their corporate M&A group, and then ultimately ran a fifty million dollar innovation fund that the company was, that the company had.”
Anand Sanwal Jun 26, 2015 ▶ 1:57 Founder's Friday 001: How to Create Great Company Culture with Anand Sanwal, Founder @ CB Insights
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