CB Insights - end of globalization

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U-S-A!

U-S-A!

Discussion of deglobalization, onshoring, nearshoring, and reshoring has intensified among execs on earnings calls, as can be seen using CB Insights’ earnings transcripts search.

With all the supply chain and other woes we're currently facing, are we about to see a “Made in the USA” resurgence? 

Last year, we predicted that companies shaken by the pandemic would start prioritizing resilience and turn to emerging tech as they look to onshore operations, build robust supply chains, and ready themselves for the next big crisis. 

Explore the factors behind the current acceleration of reshoring efforts here.

Black belt in online shopping

Shopping online is now part of everyday life. 

But competition for consumer eyeballs (online and in-person) will challenge retailers to make e-commerce more immersive and engaging.

What are the key technologies they’ll need? From headless tech to 3D assets & virtual try-ons, we get into it in our Future of E-Commerce report. 

Download it for free here. 

You want us, we want you

Applications are now open for the fifth annual Fintech 250.

This is our ranking of the most innovative startups applying tech to transform financial services. You can see last year’s cohort here.

Got what it takes? Apply here.

The force is strong with this one

Salesforce ranks among the top 10 most valuable software companies in the world. 

While known for its flagship customer relationship management (CRM) product, the company has expanded beyond it. 

Remember Saleforce’s acquisition of Slack (for a whopping $27.7B)? 

That’s just one of Salesforce’s 20+ acquisitions over the last 5 years. It’s also invested in 300+ startups and has an ecosystem of 6,000+ partners. 

What do these relationships indicate about the company’s strategy? We mined the data to uncover Salesforce's 5 most important strategic priorities.

Clients can get the strategy map and our analysis here.

Slip and slide

Funding to banking startups continued to fall for the third straight quarter in Q1’22, down to nearly half the $8.4B record high of Q2’21. 

At the same time, dollars to the sector remain elevated year-over-year (up 22%).

The digital banking sector is increasingly mature, with just 36% of deals in the early-stage category in Q1’22. 

For more details, clients can check out our 62-page State of Banking Q1’22 report.

Bloomberg. Aisha S Gani (@aishagani) and Ivan Levingston (@IvanLevingston) cover Klarna’s valuation crunch and cite CB Insights research.

Credit Suisse. Richard Kersley, Joelle Anamootoo Natzkoff, and Hafsa Yasir study the European unicorn ecosystem using CB Insights data.

BetaKit. Charlize Alcaraz (@charlizealcaraz) covers the CB Insights AI 100 and the 5 Canada-based startups featured.