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Why Dealmakers Choose Sourcescrub Over Other Solutions

Sources-First Data

  • Expert-in-the-Loop ML for multi-source validation and objective accuracy

  • 150,000+ cross-indexed sources and lists for instant market context and mapping

  • 15M+ company listings with deep profiles and signal data for the most complete view of the private market

Specialized Data Operations

  • Integrated SourcingGPT (beta) to accelerate analysis and screening

  • Tunable scoring model for DIY data science solutions

  • News and signal tracking to automatically monitor targets and markets

Purpose-Built Tools

  • 24-hour list processing and enrichment

  • Instant-on data operations with in-app requests

  • Available data operations and integration consulting

Why did you evaluate Sourcescrub and other private company intelligence tools?

Based on survey of 121 people who compared Sourcescrub with other solutions.
65%
Frustration researching and finding investment targets
44%
Difficulty developing a direct sourcing capability
40%
Inefficiencies around conference intelligence and planning
28%
Subpar market mapping capabilities and competitive insights
26%
Lack of CRM integration and enrichment

Why did you choose Sourcescrub over other private company intelligence tools?

Based on survey of 121 people who compared Sourcescrub with other solutions.
79%
Accurately classified bootstrapped/founder-owned companies
55%
Volume and variety of Sources (lists such as conferences, industry lists, top lists, buyer’s guides)
50%
Human-assured data accuracy and consistency
48%
Highly tunable search relevancy
31%
Minimum of 7 profile data points on every company

What does Sourcescrub allow you to do more effectively than before?

Based on survey of 121 people who compared Sourcescrub with other solutions.
78%
Filter for targets that meet specific criteria with industry classification, search, and filtering
74%
Find comprehensive universe of founder-owned targets
60%
Contact decision makers and build relationships
35%
Prioritize targets with company scoring and other attribute data
31%
Become intimate with markets using conference intelligence to accelerate learning

Customer Who Chose Sourcescrub After Evaluating Other Solutions:

"Sourcescrub is the heartbeat of Accel-KKR's sourcing engine. It's the most important tool in our day-to-day origination efforts. Having access to accurate, up-to-date data on privately-held companies is vital to creating a robust pipeline for our fund and Sourcescrub definitely delivers on that."

Associate
AKKR

"The amount and quality of data provided by Sourcescrub have led the way for what has become a well-oiled BD machine. We've seamlessly integrated Sourcescrub and Salesforce and then tied in Outreach, for a lead, sync, and outreach automation chain that has increased efficiencies by over 3x."

Mike Cavallaro
Morgan Partners

Head-to-Head Feature Comparison

Company
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Description
Private company deal sourcing platform
Private market financial and deal data for transacted companies
Public market intelligence with a large registry of private companies
Contact information and company targeting
Search engine for private companies
Bootstrapped company data quality
4.75
3.00
2.00
2.33
2.25
Quality control
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Expert-in-the-loop machine learning
NA
4/5
Automated data QA with research team
4/5
Contributory networks, web monitors, and research team
2/5
Has a cadence of refreshing companies with AI/ML website scraping
Bootstrapped Company Data History
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Starting from 2016, focus is on bootstrapped companies
2/5
Starting from 2007, focus is on transacted companies
1/5
Starting from 1998, focus is on public companies
2/5
Starting from 2007, focus is on contact information
3/5
Starting from 2020, focus is on private companies
Minimum Profile Requirements
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Profile+ standard requires minimum 7 profile and signal categories
4/5
5 required data points
1/5
2 required data points
1/5
2 data points required
1/5
2 required data points
Rate of Refresh
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Companies are refreshed as often as every 30 days
NA
NA
NA
3/5
100K companies refreshed per day
Target and prioritize
5.00
2.50
3.00
2.80
3.20
Uncover and classify bootsrapped companies
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Over 15M companies, focus is on investable bootstrapped companies
2/5
3.5M companies, focus is on transacted companies
2/5
51M+ companies, focus is on public companies
2/5
100M companies, focus is on contact information
3/5
10M companies, focus is on private companies, but several companies are non-classified or mis-classified
Industry Categorization
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Dynamic and proprietary industry categorization
4/5
Home-grown industry categorization
3/5
Industries based on SIC and GIC codes
3/5
Industries based on EIN and SIC codes
3/5
Industries based on NAICS codes
Search Expansion Based on Company's Digital Footprint
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Over 150K source lists, similar companies, saved search, news alerts, on-demand research
2/5
Similar companies
3/5
Similar companies, custom research
3/5
7,100+ lists, similar companies
3/5
1,000+ lists, on-demand research, similar companies
Custom Scoring
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Custom lead scoring
NA
3/5
Peer score criteria and ESG scores
4/5
"Ideal Customer Profile" score is generated by customer
3/5
Relevance score
On-Demand Research
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
On-demand data requests and 24-hour list processing
2/5
Has a research operations team
4/5
Custom research included
2/5
Has a research operations team
4/5
Research included
Build relationships
5.00
3.50
2.67
4.00
1.67
Pre-Built Lists (Sources, Conferences, Top Lists)
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
150,000+ pre-built lists that are refreshed when needed
NA
2/5
Includes a few pre-made lists, events calendar included for some companies
3/5
7,100+ event lists
2/5
1,000+ lists
Leadership Contacts
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Contact information for key-decision makers is a mandatory datapoint for Profile+ companies
3/5
Contacts not mandatory, focused on professionals, not always executives or leaders
2/5
No contact details besides corporate phone number, key board members and director of company
5/5
Known for robust contact information
3/5
Contacts included
Company News
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
News from top-notch
sources includes topic categorization, sentiment data, and source notoriety
4/5
Includes news
4/5
Includes news
4/5
Scoops of news related to people or companies
0/5
Grata says news is noise
First in line to win
5.00
3.50
3.50
3.25
3.00
Portfolio Tracking
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Saved search and alerting, pre-made lists of portfolio companies, company tagging and real-time alerting
4/5
Ability to follow companies, growth signals and transaction history
4/5
Set alerts for companies for market intelligence
4.5/5
View saved searches, recently viewed companies, buyer intent
3/5
Alerts for companies, limited to weekly updates
Market Maps
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Similar companies, industry categorization, over 150,000+ pre-made industry lists, tag companies for personal list creation
3/5
Includes companies to watch list based on most funds raised or likelihood of fundraising, similar companies
3/5
Includes some pre-made screens of lists, similar companies
2/5
No pre-built lists, similar companies
3/5
Some lists, similar companies
Manage workflow
5.00
3.80
4.40
4.20
3.40
Alerts and Notifications
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Saved search and alerting, tagging and real-time alerts for company updates
3/5
Ability to follow companies
5/5
Includes alerting system
3/5
Saved search, alerts for news only
3/5
Alerts for companies, limited to weekly updates
CRM Integration
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Sophisticated two-way integration for Salesforce, Hubspot, Affinity, Dealcoud, Dynamic, Dynamo, SugarCRM
3/5
One-way integration for DealCloud, Affinity, Dynamo, Salesforce, Dynamics
3/5
Integrations for Salesforce and Dealcloud
4/5
Integration with Salesforce, Pipedrive, Hubspot, Dynamics, SugarCRM
3/5
Two-way with Salesforce, Dealcloud, Hubspot
API
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Rest API available
5/5
Rest API available
5/5
Rest API available
5/5
Rest API available
5/5
Rest API available
Plugins
4/5
starstarstarstarstar
Web extension for all browsers
5/5
Excel plugin and web extension
5/5
Excel plugin and web extension
4/5
Chrome extension
4/5
Chrome extension
Data Warehouse
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Data feed for all data tables via FTP, Snowflake, Amazon Data Exchange, or hosted through Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure
3/5
Manual export of data feeds
4/5
Custom data feeds
5/5
Data feeds integrates with Snowflake
2/5
Data feed for only 1 data table

*Based on ease and specificity of target tracking, market mapping, market intelligence, and contact information for decision makers.

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