It used to be hard to find information about early stage startups. Team members (and their background), funding to date, metrics (not just the vanity metrics shared by management) – all of these nuggets on private companies were behind a paywall of services like VentureSource, available only to those who could fork the annual subscription fees. But things have changed. There’s never been more information available on seed and pre-seed startups and the challenge is not being discovered or noticed. The main challenge startups face is to get used.
VC Cafe’s Startup Intelligence Tools List 2013
This is a comprehensive list of tools and companies who provide intelligence data on tech startups from pre-seed (alpha) to mature startups pre-acquisition. Curated by VC Cafe.
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Corporate (Paid) subscription Services
- DowJones VentureSource – https://www.venturesource.com/
- S&P Capital IQ – https://www.capitaliq.com/home.aspx
- ThompsonOne VentureXpert – https://connect.thomsonone.com/
- IVC Online (Israel only) – http://www.ivc-online.com/
Analytics/ Market Research/ Statistics Directories (paid)
- Comscore – http://www.comscore.com/
- Hitwise – http://www.hitwise.com/uk
- Nielsen – http://www.nielsen.com/
- Compete (PRO) – http://www.compete.com/us/pro/
- Quantcast – https://www.quantcast.com
- Alexa – http://www.alexa.com/
- eMarketer – http://www.emarketer.com/
Freemium Models/Reports
- Privco – http://www.privco.com/
- CB Insights – http://www.cbinsights.com/
- Growth Inteligence – http://growthintel.com/
- Business Insider Reports – https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome
- GigaOM PRO – http://pro.gigaom.com/
Beta Lists/ Reviews
- Betali.st – http://betali.st/
- MOMB – http://momb.socio-kybernetics.net/
- Scoutness – http://scoutness.com/
- Go2Web20 – http://www.go2web20.net/
- MakeUseOf – http://www.makeuseof.com/
- Killerstartups – http://www.killerstartups.com/
- Listio –http://www.listio.com/
B2B APP Marketplaces
- Google Apps Marketplace – https://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/
- SalesForce AppExchange – https://appexchange.salesforce.com/
- Intuit Marketplace – http://marketplace.intuit.com/
User Generated/Wiki/ Startup Directories and insights
- Crunchbase – http://www.crunchbase.com/
- YouNoodle – http://www.younoodle.com/
- VentureBeat Profiles – http://venturebeatprofiles.com/
- InfoArmy (competitive reports – https://www.infoarmy.com/
- Quora – https://www.quora.com/
- Quibb – http://quibb.com/
Government data/ Official records of companies
- DueDil – https://www.duedil.com/
- Companies House – http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Startup Videos/ Product Demos/ Startup pitches
- PitchEnvy – http://www.pitchenvy.com/
- Slideshare – https://bitly.com/bundles/royrod/2
- Youtube – http://www.youtube.com/ (search for startup pitch, startup demo, startup tutorial)
Startup Social Networks
- F6S – http://www.f6s.com/
- Sprouter – http://sprouter.com/
- Dreamstake – http://www.dreamstake.net/
- nReduce – http://www.nreduce.com/
Mobile App Directories/App Stores
- Google Play Store – https://play.google.com/store
- Amazon App Store (Android) – http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011
- iTunes – http://www.apple.com/uk/itunes/
- Microsoft app store – http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/apps
- Facebook App Center – http://www.facebook.com/appcenter/category/allcategories
- Blackberry App World – http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/?
- Nokia Ovi Store – http://store.ovi.com/
- Appolicious – http://www.appolicious.com/
- GetJar – http://www.getjar.com/
- Freshapps – http://www.freshapps.com/
- AppAppeal – http://www.appappeal.com/
Facebook App directories
- AppData – http://www.appdata.com/
CrowdFunding Platforms (Donation)
- Kickstarter – http://www.kickstarter.com/
- Indiegogo – http://www.indiegogo.com/
- Sonsume – http://www.sponsume.com/
- Quirky – http://www.quirky.com/
- RocketHub – http://www.rockethub.com/
Equity Crowdfunding
Europe
- UK – Seedrs – http://www.seedrs.com/
- UK – CrowdCube – http://www.crowdcube.com/
- UK – CrwdBnk – https://www.crowdbnk.com/
- UK – Bank to The Future – https://www.banktothefuture.com/
- UK – CrowdMission – http://crowdmission.com/
- Netherlands – Symbid – http://www.symbid.com/
- Belgium – MyMicro – http://www.mymicrogroup.com/
- France – WiSeed –http://www.wiseed.fr/
- Germany – Innovestment – http://www.innovestment.de/
US
- AngelList – https://angel.co/
- Funders Club – https://thefundersclub.com/
- Funded by Me – http://fundedbyme.com/equity/
- FundRoom – http://fundroom.com
Israel
- OurCrowd – https://www.ourcrowd.com/
Businesses for Sale (early stage and mature)
- ExitRound – http://exitround.com/
- AxialMarket – http://www.axialmarket.com/
- Flippa – https://flippa.com/
- SecondMarket (stock) – https://www.secondmarket.com/
Accelerator Data
- NESTA (UK) – http://www.startupfactories.eu/
- SeedDB – http://www.seed-db.com/
- Dashboard I/O – https://dashboard.io/
Academic Research
- Mendeley – http://www.mendeley.com/
- Startup Genome – http://www.startupgenome.com/
Startup Maps/Local Directories
US
- San Francisco – http://map.innovatesf.com/
- New York – http://mappedinny.com/
- US – http://mapyourstartup.co/
- LA – http://represent.la/
- Philadelphia – http://representpa.com/
Europe
- London (TechCity)- http://www.techcitymap.com/index.html
- UK – TechBritain – http://techbritain.com/
- London – http://batchgeo.com/map/21737d8f2b05adc3ab1b1869979f2695
- Berlin – http://berlinstartupmap.com/
- Germany – https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=206061765290418449171.0004793741e0b06245ddd
- Spain – http://www.spainstartupmap.com/
- Noridcs – http://startuplocation.com/
- Eastern Europe – http://eaststartmap.com/all/
Other
- Global – http://startup-map.datalysed.com/
- Singapore – http://represent.sg/
- Israel – http://mappedinisrael.com/
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Co Founder and Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures
Eze is managing partner of Remagine Ventures, a seed fund investing in ambitious founders at the intersection of tech, entertainment, gaming and commerce with a spotlight on Israel.
I'm a former general partner at google ventures, head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe and founding head of Campus London, Google's first physical hub for startups.
I'm also the founder of Techbikers, a non-profit bringing together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read. Since inception in 2012 we've built 11 schools and 50 libraries in the developing world.
I'm a former general partner at google ventures, head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe and founding head of Campus London, Google's first physical hub for startups.
I'm also the founder of Techbikers, a non-profit bringing together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read. Since inception in 2012 we've built 11 schools and 50 libraries in the developing world.
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