Dakota Marketplace For Allocators

The Intelligence Edge Every Allocator Has Been Missing.

Know every GP. Understand every fund. Allocate with conviction. Foundations, endowments, public pensions, family offices, RIAs, banks, and broker-dealers now have access to the intelligence that has powered the most sophisticated private markets fundraisers for 30 years. Dakota Marketplace — powered by Claude — is the allocator's unfair advantage.

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30yr

GP & LP Relationship Data

69K+

Private Market Transactions

$3.6T

Transaction Value Tracked

1000s

GP Profiles with Performance Data

The Allocator's Challenge

Every Allocator Faces the Same Three Unsolvable Problems. Until Now.

The private markets universe is vast, opaque, and growing faster than any team can track. Dakota Marketplace was built to solve the intelligence gap at the heart of the allocator's job.

Too Many GPs. Too Little Context.

Thousands of managers are raising simultaneously across every strategy and geography. Identifying the GPs worth your time has never been harder. Dakota gives you the context to cut through instantly.

Due Diligence Is Bottlenecked by Access.

Who else has backed this manager? How does their track record compare to peers? What do their LP relationships look like? These questions have always required networks most allocators don't have. Dakota surfaces what used to require a decade of relationships.

Peer Intelligence Is Invisible.

What are similarly-situated institutions allocating to? Which strategies are seeing outsized commitment flow? That intelligence has always been scattered across conference conversations and placement agent relationships. Dakota brings it into plain sight.

"The best allocators have always had an information advantage. Dakota is how every allocator gets one."

Built for Every Allocator Type

The Intelligence That Fits How You Actually Allocate.

Not generic data — the precise intelligence each institution needs.

Institutional

Foundations & Endowments

GP intelligence to allocate like the largest institutions — regardless of team size.

→GP sourcing across every strategy and vintage
→Manager track record benchmarking and peer comparison
→Co-investor identification for direct opportunities
→Peer endowment allocation behavior analysis
→Emerging manager identification and vetting

Government

Public Pension Funds

Documented, data-driven GP intelligence that satisfies investment committee scrutiny and board oversight.

→Documented GP due diligence data for IC presentations
→Peer pension fund allocation benchmarking
→Fund performance comparison across vintage years
→Fee and terms benchmarking against market standards
→Manager diversity and ESG data tracking

Private Wealth

Family Offices

GP depth and peer intelligence that historically only the largest LPs could access.

→Direct investment comparable transaction analysis
→Co-investment opportunity identification by sector
→GP relationship mapping and access pathways
→Private company comparables for portfolio context
→Sector trend and fund flow intelligence

Wealth Management

Registered Investment Advisors

The research infrastructure of a major LP — so every alternative recommendation is backed by institutional-quality analysis.

→GP vetting and track record analysis for client portfolios
→Evergreen and interval fund performance intelligence
→Strategy fit analysis by client risk profile
→Peer RIA allocation behavior benchmarking
→Manager pipeline building across strategies

Banking

Banks & Trust Companies

GP intelligence to build and defend every alternatives allocation decision across discretionary and advisory mandates.

→Platform GP due diligence and approval research
→Transaction comps for private credit and PE underwriting
→Fund performance benchmarking for client reporting
→Competitor bank allocation strategy intelligence
→Emerging strategy identification for platform expansion

Distribution

Broker-Dealers

The research backbone to evaluate managers and construct alternatives programs with institutional rigor.

→Alternatives platform GP sourcing and vetting
→Fund performance track record due diligence
→Competitive platform benchmarking by strategy category
→Wirehouse and BD alternatives allocation trend analysis
→Manager access and relationship mapping

In Practice

Picture the Scene

The Scenario

A $2 billion foundation team has 90 minutes before their first call with a lower-middle market buyout manager. She opens the Dakota Claude App.

GP Brief

"Give me a full background brief on [GP name] — fund history, performance data, LP base, and key contacts."

Benchmarking

"How does their Fund III net IRR compare to lower-middle market buyout peers in the 2020 vintage? Where do they rank?"

LP Quality

"Which LPs have backed them across funds? Have any major LPs not re-upped for Fund IV?"

Portfolio Analysis

"Show me their portfolio transaction history — what have they bought, in which sectors, and what are the known exits?"

Peer Comparison

"Who are the three most comparable managers raising in this strategy today? How does [GP] compare to each?"

Peer Allocation

"What is our peer foundation universe allocating to in this strategy category? Are we under-allocated relative to peers?"

In 25 minutes: track record in context, LP quality signal, portfolio evidence, competitive alternatives, peer benchmark data. That is Research as a Service. That is Dakota for Allocators.

Peer Intelligence

Know What Your Peers Are Doing. Before They Tell You.

Peer allocation behavior is one of the most valuable — and most opaque — forms of intelligence for any allocator. Dakota makes it transparent.

Peer LP Commitment Tracking

Allocation Behavior

See which GPs your peer institutions are backing, at what fund sizes, and with what consistency across vintages.

Strategy Allocation Trends

Fund Flow Intelligence

Track where capital is flowing across strategies and geographies — and identify trend shifts before they become consensus.

Benchmark Your Portfolio

Portfolio Context

Compare your current GP relationships, strategy allocation, and vintage exposure against peer institutions of comparable size and mandate.

Emerging Manager Consensus

Early Signal Detection

Identify which first-time managers are building the broadest LP bases — the earliest signal of future institutional consensus.

The Allocator Workflow

From First Look to Final Commitment. Dakota Is There at Every Stage.

From initial GP awareness to final IC approval — specific, high-value intelligence at every stage of the investment process.

GP Sourcing & Universe Building

Build a comprehensive manager universe before a single pitch deck hits your inbox.
Full GP universe maps · Strategy allocation trends · Emerging manager ID · Fund launch tracking

Initial Screening & Prioritization

Quickly assess track record quality, LP base strength, and strategy fit before investing significant team time.
Performance benchmarking · LP quality signals · Comparable fund screening · Fund momentum indicators

Deep Due Diligence

Transaction history, LP re-up behavior, team background, competitive peer analysis — everything an IC presentation demands.
Portfolio transaction data · LP base analysis · Team intelligence · Market sector context · Fee benchmarking

IC Presentation & Board Approval

The most defensible IC presentation your committee has ever seen — documented, data-driven, answers every question before it's asked.
Peer institution benchmarking · Strategy rationale · Risk-adjusted return context · Fund terms comparison

Portfolio Monitoring & Re-Up Decisions

Track fund performance trajectory, LP re-up behavior by peers, and next fund timing — so every re-up decision carries the same rigor as the original commitment.
Ongoing GP performance · Re-up behavior by peer LPs · Fund flow monitoring · Portfolio benchmark updates

Why Dakota

What Makes Dakota Different From Every Other Data Source Allocators Use

Dakota is not a database you export from. It is an intelligence layer you have a conversation with — grounded in 30 years of verified, human-curated private markets data that no other platform can replicate.

What Allocators Need	Dakota + Claude App	Traditional Data Platforms	General AI Tools
Verified LP commitment data (30 years)	✓ Practitioner-built & verified	✗ Limited, unverified	✗ No access
Natural language due diligence queries	✓ Full Claude AI integration	✗ Filter-based only	~ No proprietary data
GP performance benchmarking by vintage	✓ Net IRR, TVPI, DPI data	~ Partial coverage	✗ Hallucination risk
LP re-up behavior by peer institutions	✓ 30-year LP relationship data	✗ Not available	✗ No access
69,000+ transaction database with context	✓ $3.6T in tracked deals	~ Partial, static records	✗ No access
Synthesized IC-ready research reports	✓ Minutes, not analyst-hours	✗ Manual export & build	✗ No proprietary grounding
Peer institution allocation behavior	✓ Live peer intelligence	~ Limited public data	✗ No access
Built specifically for private markets	✓ Since 1994, practitioner-built	~ Built for analysts	✗ General purpose

The Strategic Case

The Allocators Who Win the Next Decade Will Be the Best-Informed Ones.

Private markets have never been more competitive. The number of GPs seeking capital is at an all-time high. Vintage cycles are compressing. LP budgets are under pressure. The allocators who build the best portfolios are not the ones with the largest teams — they are the ones with the best intelligence.

Intelligence that arrives in time to act on. Intelligence about which GPs have actually earned their track records. Intelligence about where peer institutions are building conviction. Intelligence about which strategies are seeing demand expansion before the consensus forms.

Dakota Marketplace, powered by the Claude App, is that intelligence layer. Thirty years of practitioner-built, human-curated private markets data — accessible through a single conversation, in plain language, in minutes. The information advantage used to belong to the biggest institutions. Dakota changes that permanently.

"Dakota was built inside the rooms where capital is committed. No other platform has that. For allocators, that difference is everything."

"The information advantage used to belong to the biggest institutions. Dakota changes that permanently — for every allocator, everywhere."

Get Allocator Access

The Intelligence Edge Your Portfolio Has Been Waiting For.

Join foundations, endowments, pension funds, family offices, RIAs, banks, and broker-dealers already using Dakota Marketplace to allocate with deeper conviction, faster decisions, and better outcomes.

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Pricing available for all institution types · Enterprise terms for large allocators

Four Ways to Get Started

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Private markets research and allocator intelligence