VCCAFE STARTUP INTELLIGENCE TOOLS

The Ultimate Startup Intelligence Tools List 2013

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). VC Cafe collated the top startup intelligence tools for 2013. These include startup research, market size for startups, competitive analysis, startup maps

VCCAFE STARTUP INTELLIGENCE TOOLS 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.
(Note: If you plan to copy or share this list, please attribute credit to the source. VC Cafe is protected under the creative commons license) 
Corporate (Paid) subscription Services
Analytics/ Market Research/ Statistics Directories (paid) 
Freemium Models/Reports
Beta Lists/ Reviews
B2B APP Marketplaces
User Generated/Wiki/ Startup Directories and insights
Government data/ Official records of companies
Startup Videos/ Product Demos/ Startup pitches
Startup Social Networks
Mobile App Directories/App Stores
Facebook App directories
CrowdFunding Platforms (Donation)
Equity Crowdfunding
Europe
US
Israel
Businesses for Sale (early stage and mature)
Accelerator Data
Academic Research
Startup Maps/Local Directories
US
Europe
Other

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If you were interested in this list, you’re probably going to the like the VC Cafe Startup Resources page.  Please do let us know if there’s anything missing here by leaving a comment, or a tweet at @Ediggs.

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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.
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