CB Insights

15 statements across 4 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 4, 2016 by Anand Sanwal · said 40 times in 21 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Oct 4, 2016 positive
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Sanwal: CB Insights has a fully weighted CAC of just over $15,000
“So our cost of individual customer acquisition when we look at it is just over 15 K. So that's inclusive of the sales team and all the marketing spend.”
Anand Sanwal Oct 4, 2016 ▶ 14:10 EP 437: SaaS $10m Raised, $8m+ 2015 Revenue, The Algorithmic Mckinsey with CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal
Oct 4, 2016 neutral
Disclosure
Sanwal: CB Insights took an unsolicited VC offer instead of fundraising
“So our customers, many of them actually are VCs. And so one of our VC customers had said, hey, listen, or growth equity, I guess they are basically kind of put an offer in front of us, right? So it was very, we didn't go out and do a fundraise. We'd actually, …”
Anand Sanwal Oct 4, 2016 ▶ 16:42 EP 437: SaaS $10m Raised, $8m+ 2015 Revenue, The Algorithmic Mckinsey with CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal
Oct 4, 2016 positive
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Sanwal: CB Insights grew from 24 to over 103 employees in 20 months
“20 months ago we were 24 and last week we crossed a 103 or a 104.”
Anand Sanwal Oct 4, 2016 ▶ 12:13 EP 437: SaaS $10m Raised, $8m+ 2015 Revenue, The Algorithmic Mckinsey with CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal
Oct 4, 2016
Disclosure
Sanwal: CB Insights Customers Pay $40k to Several Hundred Thousand Annually
“Typically just the price wise, you know, customers pay us anywhere from around 40,000 a year up to a couple 100,000.”
Anand Sanwal Oct 4, 2016 ▶ 7:58 EP 437: SaaS $10m Raised, $8m+ 2015 Revenue, The Algorithmic Mckinsey with CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal
Oct 4, 2016 positive
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Sanwal: CB Insights maintains annual gross customer churn at 10%
“We're just at 10%.”
Anand Sanwal Oct 4, 2016 ▶ 14:39 EP 437: SaaS $10m Raised, $8m+ 2015 Revenue, The Algorithmic Mckinsey with CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal
Oct 4, 2016
Disclosure
Sanwal earned $305K to $325K at Amex before founding CB Insights
“Ah, this was seven years ago. I was probably all in probably around three, 25, 305,000.”
Anand Sanwal Oct 4, 2016 ▶ 6:30 EP 437: SaaS $10m Raised, $8m+ 2015 Revenue, The Algorithmic Mckinsey with CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal
Oct 4, 2016 positive
Disclosure
Sanwal: CB Insights prioritized governance and liquidation terms over capital
“So, you know, because we didn't need the money. I think we optimized a lot for kind of, you know, we're going to run the, we want to continue to run the business. We've, the way we've run the business. And so other terms that I think sometimes get put into the…”
Anand Sanwal Oct 4, 2016 ▶ 17:42 EP 437: SaaS $10m Raised, $8m+ 2015 Revenue, The Algorithmic Mckinsey with CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal
Oct 4, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sanwal: CB Insights grew revenue 100% to 200% year-over-year
“We've been growing hundred to 200% year over year for the last couple of years.”
Anand Sanwal Oct 4, 2016 ▶ 11:44 EP 437: SaaS $10m Raised, $8m+ 2015 Revenue, The Algorithmic Mckinsey with CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal
Jan 20, 2017 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Harzvi: Investor-focused databases only track ~200,000 business professionals
“And in terms of business professionals, the investors, they don't need to know every single, about every single employee in the company or to get phones and emails of decision makers at these companies. So they have about 200,000 people in their database.”
Gal Harzvi Jan 20, 2017 ▶ 14:54 EP 545: Unomy Raises $3.4M, $160k MRR Helping Businesses Get Leads with CEO Gal Harzvi
Jan 20, 2017 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Competitors like PitchBook and CB Insights track roughly one million companies
“So DataFox, PitchBook, CB Insights, Mattermark, all these companies were very focused, at least when they started, They were very focused on helping investors finding the best investment opportunities. Investors and business development or corporate developmen…”
Gal Harzvi Jan 20, 2017 ▶ 14:15 EP 545: Unomy Raises $3.4M, $160k MRR Helping Businesses Get Leads with CEO Gal Harzvi
Nov 29, 2022 neutral
Opinion
Suvanto: Vainu competes with ZoomInfo and Clearbit, not PitchBook
“I put ourselves in the zoom info, communism, clear bit mostly in that category. I think that's more, more closer, more to marketing and sales instead of instead of like venture capitals and financial people.”
Pietari Suvanto Nov 29, 2022 ▶ 1:44 How they hit $12m ARR with just $4m Raised helping RevOps teams with Firmographic Data
Jul 21, 2023
Disclosure
CB Insights has reached ~$100M ARR without a PR firm
“We're kind of in that hundred million ARR category, and we don't have a PR firm still”
Anand Sanwal Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 5:26 Don't do these 68 things in your SaaS company
Jul 21, 2023
Assertion Supported
Sanwal: Most tech company exits are under $200 million
“Most exits of technology companies are sub- two hundred million dollars, so you read all of this sort of VC survivorship bias in the media.”
Anand Sanwal Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 18:08 Don't do these 68 things in your SaaS company
Jul 21, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sanwal: CB Insights' outfunded competitors all failed or are struggling
“We've been outfunded by numerous competitors. They've all they've all failed or aren't doing very well. So, money is just oxygen. It doesn't buy you the ability to execute, and I think that's really important.”
Anand Sanwal Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 9:20 Don't do these 68 things in your SaaS company
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Insight
Sanwal: Early-stage founders should prioritize revenue before fixing tech debt
“Don't worry about perfecting your tech too early. So again, this one changes with scale, but in the beginning, I remember we used to have conversations about, like, oh, we got tech debt, and I was like, hey, we don't have any fucking revenue. Like, I don't car…”
Anand Sanwal Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 11:43 Don't do these 68 things in your SaaS company
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