Top 10 International Investor Databases for Capital Raisers: 2026 Guide

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Something has changed in the investor data market, and most fund managers have not caught up with it yet. In the space of a single year, four of the best known investor databases have been absorbed by financial-data conglomerates. BlackRock acquired Preqin in 2025 (Source: Preqin, 2025). S&P Global agreed to buy With Intelligence for $1.8 billion in October 2025 (Source: S&P Global, 2025). PitchBook already sits inside Morningstar, and Nasdaq owns eVestment.

For a fund manager raising capital across borders, this matters. Consolidation tends to raise prices, and it points these tools toward the analytics and benchmarking work their new parents care about, not toward the daily job of finding an allocator and getting a name, a title, and a way to reach them.

International fundraising is where the data problem bites hardest. Coverage is fragmented by geography, family offices and sovereign wealth funds are hard to reach, and most databases were built US-first.

In this article, we'll review the ten investor databases that matter most for international capital raising, and how each one stacks up.

How We Assessed Each Database

Six questions decide whether a database earns its cost for an international capital raiser:

1. Global coverage. Does it reach allocators outside the US, in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia?

2. Contact-level data. Does it give you the decision-maker's name and a way to reach them, or only firm-level records?

3. Verification and freshness. How is the data sourced, and how often is it refreshed?

4. Fundraiser workflow fit. Is it built for outreach, or for research and benchmarking?

5. Integrations. Does it connect to your CRM and to the AI tools your team now uses daily?

6. Pricing transparency. Can you see what it costs, or only get a custom quote?

The 10 International Investor Databases

1. Dakota Marketplace

Dakota Marketplace is the only investor database built by fundraisers, for fundraisers. It covers 249,655 accounts and 427,191 contacts in total, including 6,981 international allocator accounts and 22,668 international contacts across 85 countries and 161 metros outside the USA (Source: Dakota Marketplace, July 2026). Coverage runs the full length of the allocator market: family offices, wealth managers, private banks, and institutions including endowments, foundations, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds. Every asset class is represented, from long-only equities to venture capital to real estate.

Dakota is not only an allocator database. It also tracks more than 29,000 fund manager accounts and over 85,000 funds, plus transaction data covering both sponsor-backed and non-sponsor-backed companies, with amounts raised and contact details. For international raisers it adds manager presentation decks, fee studies, live searches and RFPs, performance data, and a conference database.

It also solves a workflow problem the incumbents ignore. Dakota connects to Claude and ChatGPT through a native MCP integration, offers APIs, and integrates with HubSpot, Salesforce, and Intapp DealCloud, so investor data lands where your team already works.

One thing the conglomerate-owned platforms cannot claim: Dakota is built by fundraisers who still raise capital. Its international dataset was built by people who have raised across EMEA, which is why the coverage maps to how cross-border fundraising actually works.

Best for: Fund managers who need to reach allocators internationally, across every channel and asset class, and work that data inside their own tools.

Pricing: Published and transparent. $16,500 per year for one member, plus $1,000 for each additional member. Dakota International is available as a standalone module.

2. Preqin

Preqin, acquired by BlackRock in 2025, is a great reference point for private markets data (Source: Preqin, 2025). It covers private equity, venture capital, private debt, hedge funds, real estate, and infrastructure, with more than 67,000 fund managers tracked across over 160 countries and roughly 170,000 total profiles spanning investors, managers, and service providers (Source: Preqin, 2025). Its data is collected through direct relationships, voluntary manager submissions, and Freedom of Information requests, which gives its fund-performance archive real depth.

Best for: Managers who need fund-level performance benchmarking and investor intelligence in alternatives.

Watch-out: Alternatives only, and priced accordingly. It is a research and benchmarking platform first, an outreach tool second.

Pricing: Custom quote. Not published; third parties estimate a wide range depending on asset-class modules and seats.

3. With Intelligence

With Intelligence, founded by Charlie Kerr in 1998 and acquired by S&P Global in 2025 for $1.8 billion, sources its data directly from allocators and managers (Source: S&P Global, 2025). It tracks around 30,000 investors and serves roughly 3,000 customers across private equity, private credit, hedge funds, real estate, infrastructure, and family offices (Source: S&P Global, 2025). It is home to well-known brands including SPS, Highworth, CAMRADATA, and the Eurekahedge and HFM hedge fund indices. Its forward-looking allocation intent and mandate data are a genuine strength, particularly in Europe and the UK.

Best for: Hedge fund and private markets managers who want allocator relationship intelligence and mandate signals.

Watch-out: Its data is being integrated into S&P Capital IQ Pro, so the product experience is in transition. Premium pricing.

Pricing: Custom quote. Not published.

4. PitchBook

PitchBook, a Morningstar company, is the standard for private-capital deal and company data. It covers roughly 4.5 million companies, more than 525,000 investors, 45,000 limited partners, and 125,000 funds (Source: PitchBook, 2024). For a fundraiser, the 45,000 limited partners are the relevant slice, and the platform also profiles the funds, deals, and people around them.

Best for: Private equity and venture capital teams sourcing deals and researching investors and co-investors.

Watch-out: Its center of gravity is deals and companies, not allocator outreach. Limited partner contact data is secondary to its deal-tracking core.

Pricing: Custom quote. Not published; sold per seat with module-based tiers.

5. PEI Group

PEI Group, formed in London in 2001, is the specialist for the relationship between investors and managers in private markets (Source: PEI Group, 2026). Its Private Equity International database tracks more than 28,000 limited partners and general partners and over 55,000 private equity funds, with 152,000-plus investor commitments across its platform (Source: PEI Group, 2026). Sister brands cover infrastructure, private real estate, and private debt, each with its own dataset, editorial team, and events.

Best for: Managers tracking who is committing capital, and to which strategies, across private markets.

Watch-out: Sold per asset-class brand, and stronger on fund commitments and editorial intelligence than on individual contact records.

Pricing: Custom quote. Not published.

See the international allocators these platforms make you dig for. Dakota Marketplace tracks 6,900+ international allocator accounts and 22,600+ contacts across 85 countries, filterable by country, allocator type, and asset class. Book a demo to see your target market inside the platform.

6. Nasdaq eVestment

Nasdaq eVestment is the institutional data platform for asset managers, consultants, and asset owners. As of early 2026 it covers 2,670 traditional managers and 2,195 hedge funds reporting strategies, 233 investment consultants, and tens of thousands of completed and open mandate search profiles (Source: Nasdaq eVestment, 2026). Its strength is consultant intelligence and performance benchmarking, and it is valuable for spotting institutional mandates before they move.

Best for: Traditional asset managers competing for institutional mandates through the consultant channel.

Watch-out: Built around manager research and consultant relations rather than direct allocator outreach, and skewed toward long-only institutional strategies.

Pricing: Custom quote. Not published.

7. MandateWire

MandateWire, founded in 2002 and owned by the Financial Times since 2009, is a mandate-intelligence service rather than a bulk contact database (Source: Financial Times, 2009). It covers more than 2,100 institutional investor institutions, with reporting teams in Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East who source intelligence through direct interviews with pension funds, insurers, family offices, and other asset owners (Source: MandateWire, 2026). It reports mandate tenders, manager selections and terminations, and allocation changes as they happen.

Best for: Managers who want early warning of live institutional mandates, with strong European depth.

Watch-out: This is news and mandate intelligence, not a database you export contact lists from at scale.

Pricing: Custom quote. Not published.

8. Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI)

The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI), founded in 2008, specializes in public asset owners: sovereign wealth funds, public pensions, central banks, endowments, and, since 2020, family offices (Source: SWFI, 2026). It reports a database of more than 600,000 institutional entities with decision-maker information, transactions, mandates and RFPs, and flow data (Source: SWFI, 2026). Its coverage of sovereign wealth and large public funds, particularly in the Middle East and Asia, is its standout feature.

Best for: Managers specifically targeting sovereign wealth funds and large public pensions.

Watch-out: Breadth over depth. Contact quality and verification vary, and its family office coverage is younger than the specialists.

Pricing: Custom quote. Not published.

9. Fundpath

Fundpath, founded in London in 2021, took a different approach: instead of scraping public records, it collects forward-looking intent directly from fund buyers (Source: Fundpath, 2026). It aggregates data from more than 1,100 wealth management firms across the UK, Channel Islands, and Ireland, and is expanding into Switzerland in 2026 (Source: Fundpath, 2026). Its "Talk To Me About" feature shows what a wealth manager is actively researching right now, which turns cold outreach into a response to stated demand.

Best for: Managers distributing into the European wealth and wholesale channel who want real-time buyer intent.

Watch-out: Narrow geography for now, and focused on fund distribution to wealth managers rather than alternatives fundraising from institutions.

Pricing: Custom quote for asset managers. Free to the fund buyers who supply the data.

10. Crunchbase

Crunchbase, founded in San Francisco in 2007, is the public record for startup funding and venture investors (Source: Crunchbase, 2026). It tracks more than 3 million companies and 130,000-plus investors, and in 2024 it added AI-powered investor search (Source: Crunchbase, 2026). Data is sourced from regulatory filings, press releases, and community contributions, so major rounds appear fast while smaller and non-US rounds can lag or go missing.

Best for: Early-stage and venture founders building a list of active VC and angel investors by stage, sector, and check size.

Watch-out: This is a venture and startup tool, not an institutional allocator database. Non-US coverage is uneven.

Pricing: Published. Crunchbase Pro is $588 per year (Source: Crunchbase, 2026). Enterprise tiers are custom.

Comparison At A Glance

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best investor databases for raising capital internationally? The strongest options for international capital raising are Dakota Marketplace for allocator coverage and contacts across every channel and geography, Preqin and With Intelligence for alternatives intelligence, and PEI Group for private markets fund commitments. Dakota Marketplace covers 6,981 international allocator accounts and 22,668 contacts across 85 countries (Source: Dakota Marketplace, July 2026).

How much do investor databases cost? Most institutional investor databases do not publish pricing and require a custom quote after a sales demo. Dakota Marketplace is transparent at $16,500 per year for one member, plus $1,000 per additional member. Crunchbase Pro publishes a $588 per year price for its startup-focused tier (Source: Crunchbase, 2026). Preqin and PitchBook are custom-quote only.

What is the best database for finding sovereign wealth funds and family offices? Dakota Marketplace covers family offices, private banks, and sovereign wealth funds within a single platform across 85 countries. The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI) specializes in sovereign wealth funds and large public pensions, with strong Middle East and Asia coverage. Managers targeting both channels often use them together.

Which investor database connects to AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude? Dakota Marketplace connects its allocator data directly to Claude and ChatGPT through a native MCP integration, alongside APIs and CRM integrations with HubSpot, Salesforce, and Intapp DealCloud. This lets fundraising teams query and act on investor data inside the AI tools they already use.

What is the difference between Preqin, PitchBook, and Dakota Marketplace? Preqin (owned by BlackRock) is an alternatives research and fund-performance platform. PitchBook (a Morningstar company) is a private-capital deals and company database. Dakota Marketplace is built for fundraisers to reach allocators across every channel and asset class, and it also tracks fund managers, funds, and transactions. It offers contact-level data, direct integrations to CRMs and AI tools, and was built by people who have raised capital internationally.

Reach The Allocators The Others Make You Hunt For

Match the tool to the job, not to the brand. If you raise from allocators across borders and channels and want that data inside your CRM and your AI tools, Dakota Marketplace is built for exactly that, and it is one of only two databases here that publish their pricing. If you need decades of alternatives fund-performance history, Preqin has a deep archive. If you sell into the European wealth channel, Fundpath gives you demand signals nothing else does. If sovereign wealth funds are your target, SWFI goes deepest.

Dakota Marketplace tracks 6,981 international allocator accounts and 22,668 verified contacts across 85 countries and 161 metros, plus 249,655 accounts and 427,191 contacts worldwide. Filter by country, allocator type, asset class, and active searches, then push the data straight into your CRM or query it in Claude and ChatGPT. Dakota International is available as a standalone module.

Book a demo of Dakota Marketplace to see your target market.