Hi there, 

Q3 2021 venture numbers were insane (as expected).

Here are some highlights:

• Tiger Global is no longer the most active investor

• Biggest $ quarter in the history of venture

• The term unicorn has effectively become meaningless

• China’s deal activity is back big!

Get all the numbers, analysis, and charts in our free 263-page State Of Venture report here. 

More on the hottest markets we’re watching below. 

10 out of 10 on the spicy scale

It’s already up 174% vs. last year through just 9 months. 

Bonkers!

Triple-decker

Also hot: In Q3’21, India’s funding jumped 68% QoQ to $9.9B.

That’s an astounding 195% increase compared to last year’s third quarter.

From Europe to Canada to Miami, see all of Q3’s venture trends in this report. 
 

On top of the world

Our list of the world’s top private fintech companies — aka the Fintech 250 — is here.

In our webinar next week (October 19), the analysts who meticulously compiled the list — Oliver Yu and Niall Williams — will cover: 

• Why these fintech companies are the ones to watch

• The signals they use from the CB Insights platform to narrow 17K fintech companies down to the 250

• The fintech sectors with crazy expected growth

Sign up here to get the inside scoop. 

Next-gen care
 

Digital transformation for hospitals is coming fast.
 

From referral management to patient intake platforms, our client-only market map of the 100 companies transforming healthcare delivery is something everyone involved in technology and business strategy in hospitals should be familiar with.  

I see what’s happening here

Computer vision is becoming table stakes in P&C insurance.

Organizations like The Hartford and Nationwide Insurance are deploying computer vision solutions to reduce operating costs, improve pricing/rating accuracy, and more.

We surveyed the P&C insurance computer vision players and mapped them using our ESP vendor assessment methodology. They include:

• Bdeo

• Claim Genius

• Flyreel

• Hover

• OnSiteIQ

• Sightcall

• Snapsheet

• Tractable

If you are looking to understand the computer vision vendor landscape in P&C insurance or initiate a vendor selection process, download our ESP Vendor Assessment report here.

Let’s do risky stuff with crypto

Said no institution ever. And yet, institutional capital keeps flowing into the blockchain/crypto ecosystem.

With great returns comes great responsibility, so our friends at Blockdata looked into how companies can mitigate risks in staking here.

Axios. Dan Primack (@danprimack) highlights CB Insights venture data in Axios’ Pro Rata newsletter.

Fortune. Lucinda Shen (@ShenLucinda) digs into the CB Insights State Of Venture Q3’21 report in the Term Sheet newsletter.

TechCrunch. TechCrunch reporters analyze global investment trends using CB Insights data.
 

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