CB Insights University

Inside the CB Insights training stack

CB Insights is growing fast. This group of training documents is key to making sure that every new hire understands vital VC and startup terms and ideas. We thought that you and your team could benefit from this as well. Welcome to CB Insights University. Get an in-depth understanding of the terms, concepts, and trends that you need to know, powered by the data and insights that made us one of the most trusted names in the VC world. No one knows the private markets like we do.

You’re one of us now

Welcome to the team. You know that VC firms, corporations, and news agencies trust us to keep them ahead of the curve. We’ve got the best real-time data, in-depth research reports, and insights no one else has, courtesy of our predictive algorithms.

But all our tools and data aren’t useful if you don’t grasp the fundamentals. So here’s a bunch of articles to get you up to speed on the concepts you need to understand to be part of the CB Insights team. The VC and startup landscape is constantly changing, so consider this a starting point. Whatever your background, as you get a ramp up in your role, you’ll get more and more articles and data that’ll help you see trends before they happen and stay on top of the private markets and just do your job better.

Start off with the basics and build on that general knowledge with specific insights into topics like the tech bubble. This is a constantly-growing program designed to be completed at your own pace. Get started and stay tuned for updates and expansions and bookmark these articles so that you can refer back to them when you need them.