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Why Dealmakers Choose SourceScrub Over Other Solutions

SourceScrub differences

Unmatched Private Company Data

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    Over 14 million private, founder-owned companies
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    140,000+ 'scrubbed' and cross-referenced conferences and lists
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    Real companies with minimum 7-point profiles
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    9 signal categories to understand size and potential
Specialized Data Operations
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    Human-in-the-loop machine learning
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    On-demand data requests
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    24-hour list processing
Purpose-built Tools
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    Precision search, similar companies and filtering with dynamic categories
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    Tunable scoring modelto match strategy criteria
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    2-way CRM integration
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    Browser extension lets you view company data directly in the browser
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    Target tracking and notifications

Why dealmakers choose SourceScrub

Based on survey of 121 people who compared SourceScrub with other solutions.
Why did you evaluate SourceScrub and other private company intelligence tools?
Frustration researching and finding investment targets
65%
Difficulty developing a direct sourcing capability
44%
Inefficiencies around conference intelligence and planning
40%
Subpar market mapping capabilities and competitive insights
28%
Lack of CRM integration and enrichment
26%
Why did you choose SourceScrub over other private company intelligence tools?
Accurately classified bootstrapped/founder-owned companies
79%
Volume and variety of “Sources”
(lists such as conferences, industry lists, top lists, buyer’s guides)
55%
Human-assured data accuracy and consistency
50%
Highly tunable search relevancy
48%
Minimum of 7 profile data points on every company
31%
What does SourceScrub allow you to do more effectively than before?
Filter for targets that meet specific criteria with industry classification, search, and filtering
78%
Find comprehensive universe of founder-owned targets
74%
Contact decision makers and build relationships
60%
Prioritize targets with company scoring and other attribute data
35%
Become intimate with markets using conference intelligence to accelerate learning
31%

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

"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

Feature Comparison

Feature
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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
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Human-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
AI/ML only
Bootstrapped Company Data History
5/5
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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
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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
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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
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Over 13.5M+ 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
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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
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Over 130K+ industry 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
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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
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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
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130,000+ 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
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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
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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
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Saved search and alerting, pre-made lists of porfolio companies, company tagging and 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
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Similar companies, industry categorization, over 130,000+ 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
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Saved search and alerting, tagging and 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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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