Axial
United States
Largest online marketplace for buying, selling, and financing private companies in the lower middle market, connecting 4,500+ buyers and investors with 10,000+ deals annually through algorithm-driven matching.
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VentureIQ
Netherlands
Venture IQ combines AI-powered software and expert services to help investment, innovation and M&A teams map markets, identify relevant companies and focus on the deals that matter most.
Key features
- Catalist software – One platform to find, understand, collaborate on and track companies, supporting lead generation and screening.
- AI & automation – Uses AI, smart automation and data analysis to process more companies and surface relevant targets.
- Monitoring – Catalist can help you monitor thousands of companies on potential deal signals.
- Collaboration features – Commenting and dealflow tracking so teams can work together on opportunities.
- Multi-market coverage – Works across industries and geographies, including startups, SMEs and established players.
AI capabilities
A standard AI platform can process thousands of companies, but it won't let you collaborate with colleagues, monitor changes, or scale as you grow. Catalist does all three.
Integrations
Catalist connects to web data and can export to client systems like Affinity, Hubspot, Pipedrive and Claude
More information
Founded in Amsterdam in 2015, Venture IQ works with leading corporates and investors such as Eneco, Vortex Capital Partners and Bolster Investment Partnersoffering both tooling and analyst support to deliver proprietary insights and target lists aligned with clients’ strategic criteria.
What Makes VentureIQ Different
Key differentiators highlighted by the vendor.
- Unique AI driven deal flow generation platform (including database of 28M companies) allowing investors to build, structure, evaluate and monitor their target database.
- Tailored to M&A, PE, Search funds, CVC and VC.
- Proven client stories – Concrete case studies with European corporates like Eneco, Nutreco, PE funds and VC funds.
Key facts
- Year founded
- 2015
- Pricing
- Subscription + services – SaaS access to Catalist combined with project-based scouting services; pricing is determined by scope and is not publicly listed.
- Deal stage
- Sourcing
- Target market
- Corporate M&A · M&A Advisory · Private Equity · Venture Capital · Corporate Venture · R&D & Innovation · Corporate Development
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