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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