For investment bankers, time is money.
Yet, too often, deal teams are forced to spend the majority of their hours piecing together company and executive information from LinkedIn, sponsor websites, and legacy databases.
The result?
Weeks wasted on research instead of moving deals forward.
In this article we’ll be going over the main issues investment bankers have, and how Dakota Marketplace is your solution. By the end of this, you’ll have a better understanding of exactly how Dakota Marketplace is your solution for sourcing deals.
The Problem
Endless buyer lists that never feel complete
Pulling together a buyer universe often means bouncing between LinkedIn, sponsor websites, and outdated databases. You spend hours stitching together information, only to wonder what you’ve missed.
The chase for CEO contacts
Even once you’ve got the right company, finding the right person feels like chasing shadows. You’re digging through LinkedIn, hunting on websites, and hoping an old database record is still accurate. More often than not, you’re left with stale emails and dead ends.
Funding histories scattered everywhere
Was this company recapitalized? Who backed them and when? You’re piecing it together from press releases and filings, but it’s a patchwork — and you know important details could be slipping through the cracks.
Guesswork in company financials
Clients want hard numbers, but with revenues and employee counts, you’re often left estimating from inconsistent third-party data. It makes prioritizing opportunities harder than it should be.
Competitive landscapes that take forever
When a client asks, “Who else plays in this space?” you’re scrambling to cobble together a list from five different places. By the time it’s done, the market has already shifted.
The Better Way Forward – Dakota Marketplace
At Dakota, we know how painful it is to waste hours pulling data from scattered sources, because we’ve been there. That’s why we built Dakota Marketplace, purpose-built for deal professionals like you.
Instead of spending 60% of your time chasing incomplete information, you get everything you need in one place:
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117,000+ and growing sponsor-backed portfolio companies across every sector and geography.
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21,000+ verified CEO and executive contacts so you can reach decision-makers directly.
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50,000+ keyword-searchable company segments that surface highly specific descriptions of what each business does, and automatically show you other relevant companies tied to that search.
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Real-time transaction data to stay on top of add-ons, divestitures, platform investments, and more with daily editorial coverage and structured, filterable data in the platform complete with dates, financials, and context.
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Clear sponsor ownership histories, funding rounds, and investment criteria in one click.
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Revenue estimates, employee counts, and growth trajectories to help you prioritize opportunities.
With Dakota Marketplace, what once took weeks across multiple sources can now be done in minutes. You’ll have a list of companies that are exactly what you’re looking for.
To explore Dakota Marketplace's database for deal sourcing, book a demo!
