Best tool for identifying potential investment opportunities

SourceScrub has allowed my firm to take a more efficient approach to identify and contact leading companies that appear to be attractive investment opportunities based on company data and information available on the platform. Successfully leveraged the platform to identify and establish contact with a company that we ultimately invested in ~6 months after initial point of contact.

Pros

The best platform available for company and executive contact research/identification with highly reliable and accurate data that integrates with leading CRM platforms.

Cons

Not the cheapest game in town, but worth the investment if using on a regular basis.

SourceScrub Review

Sourcescrub has been very useful to our firm for sourcing new deal opportunities and doing thematic sourcing work. The team is also amazing - always very responsive and there to help work around all your needs.

Pros

Great tool for sourcing new companies and finding available data. Also data plugs directly into CRM, which makes it easy to figure out what private data you have on the company, if you've met them, etc. Plug in feature to your web browser is also really helpful to easily understand data points on the company.

Cons

Would be useful if you could integrate the software directly into email, so you can update and view companies while you are in your email directly. I think a few other providers have this function.

SourceScrub Review

Overall it is much easier to source potential investments and screen them quickly. Automates what used to be very manual process (i.e. excel spreadsheets, crunchbase, checking Linkedin, etc.). Would definitely recommend to anyone in growth equity / venture capital

Pros

Easy to track companies and manage a pipeline for potential investments. Chrome add-in is great; you click the sidebar and you get information on the size of company, investors, number of employees, brief description, etc.

Cons

Search function in-app can be difficult because you need the exact legal / incorporation name to find the company you are searching for. Much easier to enter the URL and use the chrome add-in

Great Tool for Market Research and Origination

Their customer support team is highly personal and always were able to address any issues I had in short order.

Pros

The ease of use within the platform, and sheer number of sources available.

Cons

The software could offer more industry/vertical classifications of the companies they profile.

Elegant and Time-Saving Solution

Pros

Browser integration enables user to very easily to see key info about a company when on their website - including overview, key personnel and contact information, investments, and which "source lists" the company was found. These "source lists" also make it much easier to build out landscapes, identify peers, and generally conduct market research.

Cons

Depth and reliability of information available for private companies is generally pretty good, but this is the key area I would like to see improved.