That's a lot of pie slices

Hi there,

Been a while since we've featured bad data viz. 

This one summarizes how 243% of baby boomers describe themselves.




Mall moves

We looked at six of the largest mall groups and retail REITs and analyzed their non-real estate investments, categorized according to their core business function. Simon Property Group (SPG) has made a combined 24 unique investments or acquisitions via the SPG parent company or its CVC (Simon Ventures) since 2012.




Win some, lose some

Last Monday, we talked about Juicero and its violation of the Jobs Rule.

Several of you wrote in saying our writeup was excessively critical of the startup and founders.

On Thursday, we talked about the vending machine startup Bodega and Andrew Ng's 70-90 hour work week expectations at his new startup.

Several of you wrote saying we're not being critical enough of these startups and their founders.

I'm glad that is settled.


eSports startups to watch

We surfaced 10 notable, early-stage eSports startups developing technologies related to competitive gaming facilitated by electronic systems, particularly video games played on computers or consoles by professional gamers.

These technologies range from the development of competitive games to media outlets providing eSports coverage, among others. A full list can be found in our eSports collection on the CB Insights platform.

Renewed interest

We rounded up the top 10 largest equity deals to the Indian renewables space from 2012 to 2017 year-to-date. The largest equity round went to ReNew Power Ventures, which raised a $265M private equity round in Q4’15.




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Not sure who to follow on Twitter

Here are the 100 most active Tweeters in a handy pie chart.




The Industry Standard 

CB Insights data is the most trusted by those in the industry and the media. A few recent hits.

Bloomberg. Mario Parker (@mariodparker) writes about Bayer AG joining with hedge-fund giant Viking Global Investors to invest in agtech, and refers to CB Insights data on Series A rounds.

The Washington Post. Elizabeth Dwoskin (@lizzadwoskin) on legal startup Atrium with a reference to CB Insights funding data.

Business Insider. A look at Amazon's biggest acquisitions with a reference to CB Insights research on the subject.




Happy Monday.

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