Do you feel like the world of perpetually offered funds is growing faster than you can track?
Well, we’re here to tell you that you’re not imagining it.
As we explored before, Evergreen Funds are steadily gaining ground in private markets. They offer flexibility, long-term horizons, and smoother capital deployment for both managers and investors. But with the growth comes complexity.
There are now hundreds of perpetual and evergreen vehicles across private equity, private credit, and real assets all operating on different timelines
The result?
A market segment that’s increasingly fragmented, opaque, and tough to navigate without the right data.
In short: there’s almost too much to handle. That’s why it’s more important than ever to know where to turn for reliable, up-to-date insights.
In this article, we'll be discussing the top databases for tracking perpetual and evergreen funds. By the end, you'll have a better understanding of where to find the most reliable, up-to-date information to navigate this fast-growing segment of the market with confidence.
PitchBook is a well-established platform for private market data, with deep visibility into venture capital, private equity, M&A, and fund activity. Its fund database includes profiles on fund strategy, size, performance, and manager history all organized within a searchable interface.
For evergreen and perpetual fund research, PitchBook helps users trace where capital is flowing, how fund structures are evolving, and which managers are active in open-ended vehicles. It’s particularly useful for those looking to understand how evergreen strategies fit into the broader deal and fundraising landscape.
Hamilton Lane blends decades of private markets experience with modern technology solutions, delivering access to private fund data, performance analytics, and investment pacing tools. Their platform is designed with allocators and analysts in mind, offering a strategic lens into fund trends, manager activity, and portfolio modeling.
For those tracking the rise of evergreen and perpetual funds, Hamilton Lane provides detailed fund structures and real-time insights. It's a strong option for teams looking to move beyond static data and add a layer of strategic forecasting to their fund research.
Dakota Research delivers curated data on asset managers, funds, and institutional investors including deep, targeted coverage of perpetual and evergreen fund structures. Built with allocators, fund selectors, and due diligence analysts in mind, it cuts through the noise of a fragmented market and gets you straight to what matters.
What sets Dakota Research apart is its focus on actionable insight. Every fund profile is clearly labeled and easy to filter by structure, strategy, and distribution type so you're not left guessing whether a vehicle is open-ended, evergreen, or something in between. Plus, the platform doesn’t just show you who’s out there, it helps you connect the dots between managers, offerings, and real-time allocator activity.
With up-to-date investment data and intelligence on who’s raising, who’s allocating, and how strategies are evolving, Dakota Research is built to help you move faster and smarter in a sector that’s becoming increasingly hard to track. It’s an ideal resource whether you’re building a pipeline, prepping for a manager meeting, or just trying to stay ahead of the next fund wave.
Morningstar is best known for its coverage of mutual funds, ETFs, and public market investments, but its data offering has expanded to include alternative investments and fund-of-fund structures. The platform is a user-friendly tool with interfaces and classification systems.
For those exploring evergreen or semi-liquid funds, Morningstar offers visibility into products that blend elements of both traditional and alternative fund structures. It’s a practical resource if you’re tracking how perpetual funds are packaged and distributed alongside more conventional vehicles.
Preqin is a leading provider of data and intelligence across private equity, private debt, infrastructure, real estate, and hedge funds. Its platform is built for deep research into private capital markets, with tools for fund tracking, manager profiling, performance benchmarking, and investor targeting.
For those navigating the growing number of evergreen and perpetual vehicles, Preqin offers detailed fund information, including structure, lifecycle, and fundraising history. It’s a valuable resource for allocators looking to track perpetual fund trends and compare strategies across the private markets landscape.
Bloomberg is a global leader in financial data and analytics, offering broad fund coverage across asset classes, markets, and structures. Its enterprise-grade data tools provide access to fund performance, flows, manager activity, and regulatory filings all integrated into the Bloomberg Terminal and available through flexible delivery formats.
Bloomberg’s fund data helps researchers spot trends across open-ended structures, identify fund launches, and place perpetual funds in a broader market context. It’s especially valuable when your evergreen fund research intersects with macro data or public market signals.
FactSet brings together data from public and private markets, offering flexible tools for research, screening, and analytics. Users can analyze fund performance, structure, and manager history in the platform making it a resource for investment teams juggling multiple data streams.
When it comes to evergreen and perpetual fund research, FactSet helps users filter and compare vehicles across asset classes and structures. It’s particularly useful for teams that want to blend alternative fund data with broader portfolio analytics or reporting.
As evergreen funds continue to populate the private markets landscape, having the right data sources is essential. The platforms we’ve outlined above each offer a unique angle on fund research, whether you’re focused on deep due diligence, macro trends, or market-wide fund tracking.
But if you're looking for a streamlined, allocator-first experience built specifically to help you track who’s raising, who’s allocating, and how strategies are evolving, Dakota Research is your place to start. It cuts through the noise, delivers clean, curated data, and helps you stay ahead in one of the fastest-growing (and most overwhelming) sectors in asset management.
To start streamlining your fund research, book a demo of Dakota Research!