CB Insights vs Selva

CB Insights provides market intelligence, analytics and data science predictions for businesses evaluating technology markets, companies and competitors. It tracks and compares more than 12 million companies across more than 1,600 technology markets, with extensive historical data on funding, acquisitions, hiring, financials, relationships, patents, news and other listed signals. Strategy Terminal uses predictive data science and AI agents to surface signals about private companies, markets and competitors. Browser Analyst examines webpages and can produce scouting reports and SWOT analyses, alongside company, executive, funding, customer, partner and competitor information. Access options include the web, browser extension, iOS and Android apps, APIs and data feeds. Integrations include Microsoft Copilot and Salesforce; data is also distributed through Snowflake Marketplace. CB Insights says its infrastructure is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant, with encryption, audit trails, role-based access, SSO and MFA. Pricing is available on request, and a 10-day trial is listed; there is no free plan.

Selva is a web-based map of Latin American startups, investors, and funding activity, combining public information, source links, and market summaries. Its listed coverage includes 4,374 startups, 4,662 investors, and 21 markets, alongside 4,479 company records. Selva says it uses 37 sources, parses articles in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, and links funding rounds to their source articles. Public access shows identities, descriptions, and rolled-up totals. A free account adds round structure, dates, and portfolio lists, while amounts stay hidden. Premium costs $39 a month and adds exact amounts, valuations, revenue, and check sizes. Selva compares disclosed yearly totals with LAVCA benchmarks and publishes those comparisons and coverage figures. Company corrections go through a domain-verified review limited to company employees. Selva warns that information may be incomplete, outdated, or inaccurate and is provided for information and research, not as investment advice. Its terms prohibit scraping, crawling, harvesting, or bulk downloads, and restrict resale or redistribution except where expressly permitted. Selva says it does not sell personal information and loads Google Analytics only with visitor consent.