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Deal Origination Software for VC, PE & M&A

Discover emerging sectors & hidden high-growth companies

Revolutionise your deal sourcing / research process with The Data City’s real-time software. Find high-growth companies and niche sectors in a matter of minutes with our platform of over 5.3 million UK companies.

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Uncover high-growth start-ups & companies

Looking to scale your deal origination process? Our software provides corporate finance advisory, private equity companies, venture capital firms and M&A teams with a smarter, faster way to source deals and discover relevant high-growth targets in minutes.

  • Spending hours manually sourcing deals? Build hyper-relevant prospect and lookalike lists in just a few clicks with our machine learning platform.
  • Increase the quality of your opportunities. Find start-ups that fit your investment style with our range of intuitive growth, funding and location filters.
  • No turnover data? No problem! Access detailed company profiles that show funding rounds, investment data and turnover estimates for 2.4 million companies.
  • Get ahead of the competition. Research specialist industries and high-growth sectors with our 360+ pre-built emerging sector classifications.
  • Turn prospects into deals with ease. Export your target lists to your CRM, Hunter.io or save a CSV.

Data that drives decision-making

Research and qualify leads with ease and precision with a real-time view of the UK’s entire high-growth business base.

  • 5.3M+ Companies: Extensive database access.
  • Turnover & Employee Estimates: Detailed data for 2.4M businesses, including those under £10M turnover.
  • Innovative Start-Ups: Growth stages, rates, and innovation scores.
  • Investment Data: Funding insights from Dealroom.
  • Leadership Info: Shareholder, director, and employee details.
  • Jobs & Skills: Integration with Lightcast.
  • 90+ Datapoints: Comprehensive company profiles.
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Use cases

Finding Company Lookalikes

Use our ML list builder to find ‘lookalikes’ of companies you’re interested in. Feed in current clients from your portfolio or even lost deals to find more opportunities.

Mapping emerging sectors

Stay ahead of the curve, with the ability to map emerging sectors. Use Analyse to visualise entire ecosystems and easily spot industry trends.

Performing Acquisition Searches

Remove the guesswork. Provide unrivaled support for your portfolio, helping qualify acquisition targets with our comprehensive company data.

Our products & services

From our AI-powder platform and RTICs to our consultancy services, find out more about The Data City and what we do.

Platform

Our AI-powered platform combines search, classification, and financial data, offering access to over 5.5 million UK companies and 118 million companies globally across 12 countries. Build custom sector classifications in seconds and stay ahead of the curve.

RTICs

Our game-changing proprietary dataset. Real-Time Industrial Classifications (RTICs) offer insights into 400+ sectors, including Life Sciences, FinTech and more. Developed with machine learning and leading experts, RTICs provide an up-to-date understanding of emerging industries.

Data Services

Leverage our expertise with bespoke data solutions to maximise your research. Our Data Services team can help you build new RTICs and deliver ground-breaking projects, ensuring you get the data you need in the format that suits you best.

What our customers say

  • “Game changing! It often took ages searching on Google to find companies, then longer to combine with financials in spreadsheets. The Data City does this and more in one platform, in minutes..”

    Matt Nicholson
    Acquisitions Director, Tenzing

  • “What is unique about The Data City is the web-scraping and categorising that you can’t get elsewhere.”

    Ruth Eagle
    Head of Origination, CBPE Capital

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