The Private Markets Deal Intelligence Platform. Curated. Not Scraped.

70,000+ verified private market transactions - growing at 6,000 new deals every month. Every deal researched by our team, with full participant visibility, sector filtering, and Salesforce-native integration. Built for dealmakers who need context, not just headlines.

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70,000+

Transactions

~6,000

Added Monthly

100%

Curated - Not Scraped

All

Private Market Strategies

Full

participant visibility - buyers, sellers, lenders, advisors & law firms on every deal

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Why Dakota Transactions Exists

Most Transaction Databases Give You Headlines. Dakota Gives You the Full Picture.

The private markets deal landscape produces thousands of transactions every month across private equity, venture capital, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure. Most of the data available on those transactions comes from press releases, scraped news feeds, and regulatory filings - surface-level information that tells you a deal happened, but almost nothing about why it happened, who was involved, or what it means for your business.

Dakota Transactions is built on a different philosophy. Every deal in the database is researched and verified by our team - not algorithmically scraped and mislabeled. That means every transaction record includes full participant visibility across buyers, sellers, lenders, advisors, investment banks, and law firms. Every deal is tagged by sector, industry, sub-industry, and transaction type so you can build a precise, searchable feed tailored to your exact market focus.

The result is a transaction database that changes how you work - whether you are sourcing deals, tracking competitors, identifying advisory relationships, or monitoring market activity in a specific sector.

Most transaction databases rely on scraped headlines and surface-level details. Dakota Transactions is different. Every deal is curated, verified, and tagged by our research team - giving you the full context and not just the transaction.

Dakota Marketplace

Curated by Our Research Team - Not Scraped

Every transaction in the database is researched and verified by Dakota's data team before it is published. No algorithmically generated records. No mislabeled deals. No stale data that contradicts what you already know about the market.

Full Participant Visibility on Every Deal

Beyond buyer and seller, Dakota captures lenders, advisors, investment banks, and law firms on every transaction - giving you a complete picture of the relationships and service providers involved in every deal in your market.

Growing at 6,000 New Transactions Every Month

The database grows continuously - approximately 6,000 new verified transactions added monthly, across every private market strategy. Your market intelligence stays current without any manual research on your part.

Salesforce-Native and Workflow-Ready

Dakota Transactions is built on Salesforce and fully compatible with DealCloud, Affinity, Dynamo, and API environments - so deal intelligence flows directly into the workflows your team already uses.

The Market Opportunity

Private Markets Are Moving Fast. The Firms That Win Know the Market Better.

Private market deal activity across PE, VC, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure generates thousands of new transactions every month. The firms that track it systematically have a decisive advantage over those that rely on network and word of mouth.

Deal Sourcing & Origination

Track which sponsors are active in your target sectors, what companies they have acquired recently, and where add-on opportunities are most likely to emerge - before anyone else sees the pattern.

Competitive Intelligence

Monitor competitor activity, advisor relationships, and sector dynamics in real time. Know who is buying in your market, at what pace, and with what financing structure - before you walk into a competitive situation.

Relationship Mapping

Identify the advisors, lenders, and law firms most active in your deal universe. Build a systematic view of the service provider relationships that drive transaction flow in your specific market focus.

Platform Features

Five Capabilities That Change How You Track the Market.

Coverage

Comprehensive Market Visibility

Track deals across private equity, venture capital, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure - with full visibility into every participant in every transaction. No strategy gaps. No participant blind spots.

Intelligence

Actionable Deal Intelligence

Identify active buyers and sellers, monitor competitor strategies, uncover advisor relationships, and find new opportunities faster. Every record includes the context needed to act, not just the headline to acknowledge.

Filtering

Powerful, Precise Filtering

Filter by buyer, seller, industry, sector, sub-industry, and transaction value. Search by segment to create a custom, continuously updated deal feed tailored to your exact market focus.

Integration

Salesforce-Native Workflow

Built on Salesforce and fully compatible with DealCloud, Affinity, Dynamo, and API environments. Dakota Transactions lives inside the tools your deal team already uses - not as a separate tab nobody opens.

Alerts

Transaction News & Alerts

Subscribe to Dakota's Transaction News newsletter for curated deal activity delivered directly to your inbox - Healthcare, Technology, Industrials, and more - sorted by sector and published on a regular cadence.

Reports

Monthly Sector Transaction Reports

Access published monthly transaction reports by sector - Healthcare, Software & Technology, Industrials, and more - giving your team a structured, ready-to-use market intelligence brief every month.

The Data

70,000+ Transactions. Every Private Market Strategy. Every Sector.

Database Size

70,000+

Total Verified Transactions

Every private market deal researched and verified by Dakota's data team - no algorithmically scraped records, no mislabeled deals, no stale data.

Growth Rate

~6,000

New Transactions Added Monthly

The database grows continuously across every private market strategy. Your market intelligence stays current without any manual research on your part.

Data Quality

100%

Curated - Not Scraped

Every record is human-researched before publication. No algorithmic generation. No mislabeling. No data that undermines your team's credibility with allocators.

Participant Depth

Full

Buyer, Seller, Lender, Advisor & Counsel

Every transaction record captures all participants - not just headline buyer and seller, but lenders, advisors, investment banks, and law firms on every deal.

Sector Coverage

Sectors with Full Sub-Industry Tagging

Healthcare, Technology, Industrials, Real Estate, Private Credit, VC, Energy, Infrastructure, Consumer - tagged to sector, industry, sub-industry, and transaction type.

Workflow

Native

Salesforce + 7 CRM & API Integrations

Salesforce-native with full compatibility across DealCloud, Affinity, Dynamo, HubSpot, Altvia, Snowflake, and the Dakota API for direct data access.

Sample Transaction Data

What a Verified Transaction Record Actually Looks Like.

Every transaction in the Dakota database includes the sector, deal participants, transaction type, and value - curated and tagged by our research team, not auto-populated from a press release.

Sector	Transaction	Participants	Value
Healthcare	Physician Practice Group Acquisition Buy-Side: ██████████ · Target: Southeast MSO	Lender: ████████████ · Advisor: ███████████████ · Counsel: ████████████	$340M Buyout
Technology	SaaS Platform Add-On Buy-Side: ████████████ · Portfolio: ██████	Seller: Founder-owned · Advisor: █████████ · Counsel: █████████████	$185M Add-On
Industrials	Distribution Company Recapitalization Sponsor: ████████████	Lender: █████████ · Arranger: ███████ · Counsel: ███████████████	$220M Recap
Real Estate	Industrial Portfolio Acquisition Buy-Side: █████████████ · 12-Property Portfolio	Seller: █████████████████ · Broker: ████ · Counsel: ██████████████	$1.1B Asset Sale
Priv. Credit	Unitranche Financing Borrower: PE-backed Business Services Co.	Lender: ██████████████ · Arranger: ███████ · Counsel: █████████████	$475M Direct Lending

* Illustrative examples shown for format reference. Actual records in the database reflect real verified transactions across all private market strategies.

PE / VC

Private Equity & Venture Capital

Buyouts, add-ons, growth equity, early stage, Series A–D rounds. Full sponsor and advisor visibility on every transaction across the strategy.

Credit

Private Credit & Direct Lending

Unitranche, direct lending, mezzanine, ABL - with lender, arranger, and counsel on every deal. Track financing structures and lender activity by sector.

RE / Infra

Real Assets & Infrastructure

Industrial, multifamily, office, energy, transportation, utilities, digital infrastructure - every asset class, every participant, every deal.

Who Uses Dakota Transactions

Six Audiences. One Database.

Private Equity Deal Teams

Deal Sourcing & Market Intelligence

Track competitor deal activity by sector, identify add-on acquisition targets by monitoring what sponsors are acquiring in adjacent spaces, and map the advisory relationships that drive deal flow in your market - all from a single searchable database updated monthly.

Investment Bankers

Comp Transactions & Buyer Identification

Build credible comparable transaction analyses from verified deal data, identify active buyers in any sector, and track advisor market share across investment banking and law firms - giving your pitch books and client conversations a factual foundation that holds up.

Private Credit Teams

Financing Activity & Lender Mapping

Monitor financing activity across sponsor-backed transactions - tracking which lenders are most active in your target market, what structures are prevailing in specific sectors, and where new borrower opportunities are emerging from sponsor deal activity.

Law Firms & Advisors

Market Share & Relationship Intelligence

Track deal flow by sector and identify where your practice's market share stands relative to peers. Monitor which investment banks and PE sponsors are generating deal flow that historically routes to your firm - and which relationships to prioritize for business development.

Corporate Development

Acquisition Landscape Monitoring

Understand who is acquiring in your sector, at what valuations, with what structures. Track sponsor activity around companies you are considering as strategic targets - knowing who else is interested, how recently they have been active, and what their deal history looks like.

Venture & Growth Equity

Market Mapping & Competitive Tracking

Track funding rounds, late-stage transactions, and growth equity deals in your investment focus. Identify which companies are attracting institutional capital, which investors are most active in adjacent categories, and where exits and secondaries are materializing.

Get Started

See Dakota Transactions for your team.

A member of the Dakota team will follow up within one business day. No lengthy procurement cycles. No six-month onboarding. Most teams are productive within the first week - with immediate access to 70,000+ verified transactions, full participant visibility on every deal, and sector intelligence updated monthly.

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Four Ways to Get Started

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Browse Monthly Transaction Reports

Healthcare, Technology, Industrials - published every month by sector

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Watch the Platform Overview Video

See the transactions database in action - 2-minute walkthrough

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Read the Case Studies

How firms use Dakota Transactions for deal sourcing and market intelligence

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