What’s New in Dakota Marketplace? Key Product Updates and Features Added in February 2026

March 04, 2026

What’s New in Dakota Marketplace? Key Product Updates and Features Added in February 2026

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Fundraising is hard. Dakota makes it easier.

At Dakota, our mission is simple: make fundraising easier for investment sales teams. Dakota Marketplace is the only database built, used, and updated by fundraisers just like you — and we’re constantly evolving it to help you spend less time digging and more time closing.

This February, we released a handful of powerful features that let you take action faster, gain deeper insight, and get answers in real time… all without leaving the platform.

In this article, we’ll review the top new features added to Dakota Marketplace. By the end of this, you’ll have a better understanding of how these can help you with fundraising.

1. Dakota Joe: AI-Powered Report Builder

Dakota Joe continues to evolve as your AI-powered report builder inside Marketplace.

Joe now includes a minimize feature, allowing you to collapse the window using the dropdown icon and navigate the platform with more screen space while continuing to build reports. This update was driven directly by user feedback, giving you a cleaner, more flexible experience.

More importantly, Joe can now generate custom, presentation-ready reports across:

Contacts
Accounts
Dakota Recommends
Transaction data
News

Need to identify allocators tied to recent transactions? Want to surface news tied to specific accounts? Or build a targeted outreach list based on investment activity? Just ask Joe.

He structures the data, applies your logic, and delivers a clean report in seconds – without filters, spreadsheets, or manual exports.

And we’re just getting started. Expect expanded report types and deeper dataset integrations in upcoming releases.

Want to see Dakota Joe live? Book a demo of Dakota Marketplace!

2. Fundraising News Tab: Smarter Filtering, Better Visibility

We’ve launched a new Fundraising News tab designed to help you track capital formation activity more efficiently.

This release includes:

Enhanced filtering capabilities
A fixed and improved Asset Class filter
A new “All News” view for broader market visibility

Whether you're tracking active fundraises, monitoring strategy trends, or identifying emerging managers, this update gives you faster access to the insights that matter most.

Explore how the Fundraising News tab sharpens your market intelligence, book a demo of Dakota Marketplace!

Additional Marketplace Enhancements Released in February

We also introduced a live running clock within the local time box, now displaying the applicable time zone abbreviation (EST, PST, etc.).

This small but impactful update makes it easier to coordinate outreach across regions and reference accurate local time when engaging with allocators and prospects nationwide.

See What These Features Can Do for Your Team

Fundraising will never be easy. But with the right tools, it doesn’t have to be so hard.

These new features were built in direct response to what fundraisers told us they needed most: simpler outreach, smarter benchmarking, and faster insights. And we’re just getting started.

Book a demo of Dakota Marketplace to explore how these features, and the full power of our database, can help your team raise capital more efficiently!

Written By: Morgan Holycross, Marketing Manager

Morgan Holycross is a Marketing Manager at Dakota.

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What’s New in Dakota Marketplace? Key Product Updates and Features Added in February 2026