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DAKOTA MARKETPLACE · CLAUDE APP

Research as a Service. World-Class Intelligence. Delivered in Minutes.

Powered by 30 years of proprietary data. Transformed by Claude. Every market map, fund analysis, transaction comps report, and LP prospecting brief your firm has ever needed — available in a single conversation, in minutes.

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MARKET MAPS FUND INTELLIGENCE TRANSACTION COMPS LP PROSPECT BRIEFS
Minutes
To Generate Reports
That Once Took Days
30
Year Proprietary
Data Foundation
∞
Research Questions
Answered On Demand
1
Conversational Interface
For Every Use Case
RaaSPowered by Claude
Included with every Dakota Marketplace subscription · no analyst hours required
THE TRANSFORMATION

The Research Function Has Been Permanently Transformed.

For decades, producing world-class private markets research required teams of analysts, expensive subscriptions to multiple platforms, and weeks of synthesis work. The Claude App collapses that entire process into a single, intelligent conversation — grounded in the most trusted dataset in private markets.

BEFORE THE CLAUDE APP
  • Weeks to build a comprehensive market map
  • Multiple platforms, none talking to each other
  • Senior analyst hours on every report
  • Research locked behind specific query interfaces
  • Insight bottlenecked by analyst availability
  • Context lost between research tasks
  • Data without synthesis — no interpretive layer
  • Research that expires before action is taken
WITH THE DAKOTA CLAUDE APP
  • Full market map in under 15 minutes
  • Seven data modules, one conversation
  • On-demand for every team member, instantly
  • Ask anything in plain language
  • Unlimited research capacity, always available
  • Conversation depth that builds over time
  • Synthesized, interpreted, actionable outputs
  • Research that arrives in time to matter
"We didn't add a feature. We replaced an entire function. Research as a Service means your team never waits for an answer again."
WHAT YOU CAN BUILD

Every Research Report Your Firm Has Ever Needed. On Demand. In Minutes.

These aren't summaries. These are world-class, structured research outputs — the kind that used to require days of analyst work, now available through a single conversation with the Claude App.

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Market Maps

Comprehensive maps of the LP landscape for any strategy — who is allocating, at what size, with what preferences, and which relationships are already warm. The single most powerful research output for any fundraise.

  • "Map all active LPs in lower-middle market buyout under $750M AUM"
  • "Which endowments are currently seeking new GP relationships in credit?"
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Fund Intelligence Reports

Deep dives on any GP — strategy, fund history, team composition, performance trajectory, LP base, and competitive positioning. Everything you need to evaluate a manager or position against one.

  • "Full profile on [GP name] — fund history, performance, LP relationships"
  • "Compare lower-middle market buyout managers by vintage-year returns"
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Transaction Comp Reports

Comprehensive precedent transaction sets for any sector, geography, and deal size — with entry multiples, buyer profiles, deal structures, and market trend analysis drawn from 69,000+ transactions and $3.6T in deal value.

  • "All aerospace & defense deals $50M–$500M in the last 36 months"
  • "Entry multiples for healthcare IT in 2022–2024 by deal size"
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Comparable Company Analysis

Identify the private companies most similar to any portfolio holding — by business model, sector, revenue profile, geography, and ownership structure. The research that drives conviction in competitive markets.

  • "Find private companies similar to [portfolio company] by business model"
  • "Which companies in our sector have been acquired in the last 24 months?"
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TAM Analysis Reports

Total addressable market analysis for any strategy, segment, or channel — built on live Dakota data rather than generic market sizing estimates. Know exactly how large your opportunity is and where it concentrates.

  • "TAM for a new infrastructure debt strategy targeting foundations"
  • "How many RIAs are actively allocating to alternatives above $100M AUM?"
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Fund Flow & Trend Reports

Where is capital flowing? Which strategies are seeing outsized LP demand? Where are allocation budgets contracting? Real-time fund flow intelligence that turns market timing intuition into data-backed conviction.

  • "Which strategies saw the most new LP commitments in the last 4 quarters?"
  • "Track allocation trend shifts among public pensions 2022–2025"
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LP Prospect Briefs

Full briefing packages on any LP before a meeting, a pitch, or a first call — allocation history, current portfolio, key contacts, strategy preferences, and the warmest path in through Dakota's relationship graph.

  • "Full brief on [LP name] for our meeting Tuesday — history, contacts, fit"
  • "Who at [pension fund] oversees PE allocations? What's their history?"
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Competitive Landscape Reports

Map the competitive landscape for any strategy — who are the dominant managers, what are they charging, how are they performing, and where are the white spaces your fund is uniquely positioned to fill?

  • "Who are the top 15 managers in growth equity and how do we compare?"
  • "Competitive positioning report for our new credit strategy"
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Distribution Channel Reports

Comprehensive intelligence on the RIA, wirehouse, and family office distribution landscape — who is allocating to alternatives, at what size, and through which channels — for every distribution team building their pipeline.

  • "Rank RIAs by alternatives allocation propensity in the Mid-Atlantic"
  • "Which wirehouses show highest alternatives penetration among FAs?"
THE TIME EQUATION

What Used to Take Days. Now Takes Minutes.

This is not a marginal improvement in research speed. It is a categorical change — the difference between research that influences a decision and research that arrives after one has already been made.

Full LP Market Map
Manual
3–5 days
Claude App
LP Meeting Prep Brief
Manual
4–6 hours
Claude App
Transaction Comps Report
Manual
2–3 days
Claude App
TAM Analysis
Manual
1–2 weeks
Claude App
SAMPLE OUTPUT

What a Dakota Research Report Actually Looks Like

Every report generated by the Claude App for Dakota Marketplace is structured, sourced from verified proprietary data, and formatted for immediate use — in a board presentation, an IC memo, or a prospect meeting.

SAMPLE REPORT · LP MARKET MAP Generated in 11 min

Active LP Allocators: Lower-Middle Market Buyout

Strategy Focus: $250M–$750M Fund Size · U.S. Geography · 2024–2026 Vintage

SECTION 01
Executive Summary & Market Sizing
SECTION 02
Top 50 LP Prospects by Allocation Propensity
SECTION 03
LP Allocation History & Commitment Patterns
SECTION 04
Key Contact Intelligence & Decision Makers
SECTION 05
Relationship Graph & Warm Path Mapping
SECTION 06
Fund Flow Trends & Competitive Allocation Landscape
SECTION 07
Recommended Outreach Sequencing
SECTION 08
LP Strategy Preferences & Fit Scoring
SECTION 09
Appendix: Full LP Database Export
HOW RESEARCH AS A SERVICE WORKS

From Question to World-Class Report. A Process Measured in Minutes, Not Days.

The research workflow has been fundamentally redesigned. Every step that previously required a separate tool, a separate analyst, or a separate database is now a single conversation.

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THE QUESTION

Ask Anything in Plain Language

No syntax. No filters. No query-building. Type exactly what you would ask a world-class research analyst. Claude understands context, nuance, and intent.

Example Input
"Map all pension funds actively allocating to climate infrastructure between $50M and $300M that haven't received a pitch from a U.S. GP in the last 18 months."
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THE SEARCH

Claude Searches All Seven Data Modules

Simultaneously, across LP records, GP profiles, fund performance data, transaction histories, RIA and FA databases, and the Dakota relationship graph — 30 years of verified data, searched in seconds.

Data Sources Accessed
LP Database · Fund Performance · Relationship Graph · Transaction History · Contact Intelligence
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THE SYNTHESIS

Claude Interprets, Synthesizes, and Structures

Not a list of raw records. A synthesized, interpreted, structured research output — with context, pattern recognition, and the analytical layer that turns raw data into strategic intelligence.

What Synthesis Adds
Pattern recognition · Allocation trend context · Competitive positioning · Relationship warm-path identification
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THE DEPTH

Go Deeper in Conversation

Follow up. Drill in. Ask for comparisons. Request additional context on any LP, GP, or transaction. The research conversation deepens exactly as it would with a brilliant analyst who has read everything.

Conversational Depth
"Now show me only the ones in Europe with a climate-first mandate and a new CIO in the last 24 months."
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THE OUTPUT

Export a World-Class Research Report

Generate a formatted, structured research report ready for your IC memo, board presentation, or team briefing. The output is not a chat transcript — it is a professional-grade research deliverable.

Total Time Elapsed
Under 15 minutes.
WHO IT SERVES

Every Role That Has Ever Needed Research — Delivered Without the Wait

Research as a Service is not a tool for one department. It is an upgrade for every function in the firm that has ever been blocked by a research bottleneck.

INVESTOR RELATIONS
PRIMARY USER · IR & FUNDRAISING TEAMS

IR & Fundraising Teams

The research that drives a successful fundraise — LP market maps, meeting prep briefs, warm path mapping, allocation trend analysis — now available without a single analyst hour.

  • LP universe mapping by strategy & geography
  • Full LP briefing packages before every meeting
  • Fund flow trend reports for strategy positioning
  • Competitive allocation landscape for IC presentations
DEAL TEAMS
PRIMARY USER · PE & INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS

PE & Investment Professionals

The transaction intelligence and comparable company analysis that sharpens every investment thesis — instantly available when the deal clock is running and the IC presentation is due tomorrow.

  • Transaction comps by sector, size & geography
  • Comparable company identification & profiling
  • Acquirer universe mapping for sell-side mandates
  • Entry multiple benchmarking by vintage year
DISTRIBUTION
PRIMARY USER · HEADS OF DISTRIBUTION

Heads of Distribution

Channel strategy built on data rather than intuition — RIA allocation propensity, FA targeting by ETF holdings, TAM analysis by geography and segment, pipeline prioritization by allocation history.

  • RIA & FA propensity scoring across 234,000+ advisors
  • Channel TAM analysis by strategy & segment
  • 13F-driven ETF allocation trend analysis
  • Distribution competitive benchmarking
RESEARCH & STRATEGY
PRIMARY USER · RESEARCH ANALYSTS & STRATEGISTS

Research Analysts & Strategists

The foundation for every investment memo, market analysis, and board presentation — assembled in minutes rather than weeks, from the most trusted private markets dataset in existence.

  • Sector trend reports & market sizing
  • GP performance benchmarking across vintage years
  • LP sentiment analysis by strategy & period
  • Investment theme validation through transaction data
THE STRATEGIC CASE

Research Is No Longer a Bottleneck. It Is a Competitive Weapon.

In private markets, the firms that win are the ones that know more, faster. They know which LPs are ready to move before the fundraise opens. They know which comparable transactions support their valuation thesis before the IC meeting. They know which distribution channels are primed for their strategy before the roadshow begins.

That knowledge has always existed — buried in data, locked behind analyst hours, siloed across platforms that were never designed to talk to each other.

The Claude App for Dakota Marketplace changes that equation permanently. For the first time, the full depth of 30 years of private markets intelligence is available to every member of your team, on demand, in plain language, in minutes.

Research as a Service is not a product update. It is a new operating model for the intelligence function at private markets firms. The firms that adopt it first will outresearch, outpitch, and outperform the ones that don't.

GET STARTED TODAY

The Research Function Your Competitors Don't Know Exists Yet.

Join the private markets firms already using Research as a Service to move faster, pitch smarter, and close more. Request access to the Claude App for Dakota Marketplace today.

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