LibGuides: Investment Research and Finance: FIN 430

Venture Capital Overview

These websites give you an overview on different venture capital investments, trends, and statistics.

National Venture Capital Association
This association has statistics about venture capital funds and resources for entrepreneurs.
CB Insights - Blog
CB Insights provides research tools and reports to members, but you can read the latest news, trends, and insights freely on their blog.
Top 100 Venture Capital Partners
From CB Insights, this is a list of their 100 top Venture Capital Partners. Clicking on the name of the firm will get you to more information if you have a free trial account - otherwise, use the information to search for the firm's website.
Crunchbase
The free version of Crunchbase allows you to search for companies, from new start-ups to large organizations, and see details about their funding and investments.
Google Advanced Patent Search
Use Google's search engine, filtered to specifically search patents around the world. The advanced search allows you to search using different options.

Baltimore Business Journal (requires creating an account)
View the "Past Digital Editions" in Baltimore to see the Book of Lists, which include top venture capital firms in the area.

Finding a Market

Discover industry trends, market innovations, and potential customers/ideas with these tools.

Mintel Market Reports
What you’ll find here: Market and consumer research on European, British, and U.S. markets. It includes information on products, brands, and industry trends. Requires acceptance of terms of use and registration using your ubalt.edu email address.
How to search this database: Read the Mintel User Guide.
IBISWorld
What you’ll find here: Market research reports for a wide variety of United States industries. These reports offer a look at the industry's performance and outlook, competitive landscape, and key statistics among other information.
How to search this database: Refer to the IBISWorld Help Center..
PolicyMap
What you’ll find here: a U.S. national data and mapping tool allowing users to create custom demographic maps, tables, and reports. Available data includes demographics, home sale statistics, health data, mortgage trends, school performance scores, labor data such as unemployment, and crime statistics, such as city crime rates. Use PolicyMap to create compelling maps of up to five layers, export trend charts with key benchmarks, download data for use in other tools, generate on-the-fly reports, and upload your own data to view it with ours.
How to search this database: Visit the PolicyMap Tutorial Page.
Check out this Video and Guide QuickStart Video and Guide

Data.gov
This U.S. government portal provides data, tools, and resources to conduct research.

Competition

You want to make sure your product or idea is unique. Beyond Google, here are some additional sources to consult.

Business Source Complete
What you’ll find here: Expanded version of Business Source Premier. Magazine, newspaper, trade publication, and journal articles focused on business as well as industry reports and other business-related resources. When you need in-depth information on business and industry, this is a great place to turn.
How to search this database: Look at the EBSCOhost help page.
ABI/INFORM Global
What you’ll find here: Journal, magazine, and newspaper articles that focus on business, management, government and public policy. This is a great resource if you’re looking for news and trends, company financial information, or management practice and theory.
How to search this database: Look at the ProQuest help page.
Mergent Online
What you’ll find here: Detailed information on both U.S. and international companies. It includes stock market information, executive lists, product and competitor information, and financial information.
How to search this database: Visit the Mergent help page.
USPTO Patent Search
This page provides tutorials and guides on how to search for patents, along with multiple options for searching depending on date, status, and geographic location.

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