Catalist

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Description

Catalist, developed by Venture IQ, is an AI-driven software platform designed for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), investment, and innovation teams. It streamlines the process of finding, understanding, and collaborating on potential deals. By leveraging smart automation, AI, and comprehensive data analysis, Catalist significantly enhances efficiency in lead generation, company screening, and overall deal flow management.

The platform empowers users to identify more relevant companies, saving valuable time often spent filtering through irrelevant prospects. It provides tools for mapping markets, analyzing targets, and managing workflows within a single interface. Catalist integrates various data sources, including Crunchbase and patent databases, and utilizes AI for data enrichment and verification, enabling teams to focus on high-potential opportunities backed by data-driven insights and a clear view of the market landscape.

Key Features

AI-Powered Deal Sourcing: Identify target companies using custom criteria and scraped data sources.
Deal Flow Management: Organize workflows, track companies, and manage sourcing pipelines.
Company Database & Enrichment: Access and enrich millions of company profiles with AI, Crunchbase, patent, traction, and LinkedIn data.
Market Mapping & Analysis: Visualize market landscapes, rank companies, and analyze deal flow dynamics.
Collaboration Tools: Facilitate team communication with shared comments, tasks, and reminders.
Automated Data Gathering: Scrape websites and Google search results for potential leads.
AI Data Verification: Automatically verify company data points using web-based evidence.
Customizable Platform: Create custom data fields and tailor searches to specific needs.

Use Cases

Sourcing strategic deals for Corporate Venture Capital.
Identifying acquisition targets for M&A teams.
Accelerating buy & build strategies for Private Equity firms.
Discovering promising startups for Venture Capital investors.
Tracking emerging technology trends for R&D departments.
Understanding market landscapes for Corporate Development and Strategy.
Improving efficiency in lead generation and company screening.
Managing and collaborating on investment pipelines.

Frequently Asked Questions

What geographies does Catalist cover?

Catalist can handle any web-based source globally. For searching within its existing database, it is strongest in Europe & North America.

How many companies are in your database already?

Currently, there are over 9.2 million company profiles, primarily sourced from patent databases (3.5M), Crunchbase (3.1M), and GitHub (1.5M).

How do credits work?

Credits are used to enrich company profiles with data from external providers, the keyword-based web-scraper, and AI agents. The number of credits needed varies by data request.

What type of data can I expect in Catalist?

Catalist provides basic company information (description, employees, founding year), advanced data (financials, funding), and allows creating custom data fields using AI or keyword search on company websites.

Where do you get your data from?

Data comes from APIs (Crunchbase, GitHub), continuous scraping (Twitter, ~2000 websites with company lists), and user-added web sources that Catalist can scrape.