Private market databases: what each one covers
No single private market database fits every question: the right one depends on whether you need companies, funds and deals, allocators and their contacts, or the public record behind each figure. These are the providers we could source, what each one says it covers, and where DFX fits.
Facts about other companies as of , each linked to its source below. DFX currently tracks 7,654 private equity firms, 7,274 venture capital firms, 50,650 investment adviser firms and 8,224 institutional allocators, as of 11 October 2026.
How providers were chosen
- The provider's own pages, or its parent's annual report, say it covers private companies, funds, investors or deals. We fetched each source and print the date we read it.
- Free public sources are included where the regulator publishes the underlying data.
- The list is in alphabetical order and is not a ranking. Nothing is scored, and prices are not stated.
- DFX Intelligence publishes this page and is on the list; its limits for this subject are stated below the list.
The 9 providers, in alphabetical order
| Provider | What it is | For private market data | Compared with DFX |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB Insights | CB Insights is a private company intelligence platform with 13M+ company profiles, predictive scores such as the Mosaic Score and exit probability, and tech market rankings across 1,700+ markets.[1] | 13M+ private company profiles with scores, funding and valuations, and tech market rankings.[1] | DFX vs CB Insights |
| Crunchbase | Crunchbase is a private company data platform with AI predictions of funding, growth, acquisitions and IPOs, sold as Crunchbase Pro, Crunchbase Business, an API, an MCP server and data licensing.[2] | Millions of private companies worldwide, with funding, acquisition and IPO predictions.[2] | DFX vs Crunchbase |
| Dakota | Dakota is an investment research and institutional sales intelligence platform for fundraisers, stating 250,000+ LP accounts, 386,000+ contacts and 75+ data fields per allocator.[3] | States 250,000+ LP accounts, 640,000+ private companies and 57,000+ private funds.[3] | DFX vs Dakota |
| DFX Intelligencepublisher of this page | DFX Intelligence is a private-market intelligence and data company whose Data Factory resolves US public filings and registries into one graph of firms, funds, companies, people and dated events, with a source and a date on every fact. | Private equity, venture capital, RIAs, family offices, independent sponsors, private credit and BDCs, institutional allocators and real estate, each as its own graph. Every fact names the public record it was read from and the date it was read. Headline counts, rankings and dataset pages are free to read, dated, and carry a recommended citation. | Where DFX is weaker |
| Grata | Grata is a private company intelligence platform for deal sourcing, market mapping and buyer list building, which says it covers 22M+ private companies and is joining forces with Sourcescrub.[4] | Says it covers 22M+ private companies, with deal data, comps and seller intent.[4] | DFX vs Grata |
| PitchBook | PitchBook is a private capital market data, research and software platform owned by Morningstar, covering venture capital, private equity, private credit, bank loans and M&A.[5] | Tracks millions of companies, investors, funds, deals, loans and executives across venture capital, private equity, private credit and M&A.[5] | DFX vs PitchBook |
| Preqin | Preqin is an alternative assets data company, part of BlackRock since 2025, covering private equity, hedge funds, venture capital, real estate, private credit, infrastructure, secondaries and natural resources.[6][7] | Eight alternative asset classes, including fund performance and fund terms.[6] | DFX vs Preqin |
| S&P Capital IQ | S&P Capital IQ is the desktop data and analytics platform of S&P Global Market Intelligence, covering public and private capital markets with research, reference data, market data, derived analytics and valuation services.[8] | Research, reference data, market data and valuation services across public and private capital markets.[8] | DFX vs S&P Capital IQ |
| Sourcescrub | Sourcescrub is a deal sourcing platform that connects 17M companies with the 290,000 sources and lists where they can be found, and is joining forces with Grata.[9] | 17M companies tied to the 290,000 sources and lists where they appear.[9] | DFX vs Sourcescrub |
Where DFX fits, and where it is weaker
What DFX covers for private market data:
- Private equity, venture capital, RIAs, family offices, independent sponsors, private credit and BDCs, institutional allocators and real estate, each as its own graph. method
- Every fact names the public record it was read from and the date it was read. method
- Headline counts, rankings and dataset pages are free to read, dated, and carry a recommended citation. method
Where DFX is weaker:
- Companies appear where the record ties them to capital: portfolio companies, venture-backed companies, deal targets and BDC borrowers. It is not a general directory of private companies. method
- United States first. Firms elsewhere appear when they file with the SEC or sponsor a US transaction. method
- No sector analyst research. Records are built from filings and registries under published rules. method
- Public pages are built around filings, relationships and dated events, not direct contact details. method
Each DFX dataset, with its method, coverage and how to cite it, is on the datasets page.
Sources
- CB Insights home page, read 10 October 2026.
- Crunchbase home page (page title: Crunchbase | Private Company Data & Predictive Intelligence), read 10 October 2026.
- Dakota home page (page title: Dakota | Investment Research & Institutional Sales Intelligence), read 10 October 2026.
- Grata home page (page title: Grata | The Leading Private Markets Platform), read 10 October 2026.
- Morningstar, Inc. annual report on Form 10-K for 2025 (PitchBook section), filed 13 February 2026, read 10 October 2026.
- Preqin home page (page title: Alternative Assets Data, Solutions and Insights | Preqin | BlackRock), read 10 October 2026.
- Preqin, Wikipedia, read 10 October 2026.
- S&P Global Inc. annual report on Form 10-K for 2025 (Market Intelligence section), filed 11 February 2026, read 10 October 2026.
- Sourcescrub home page, read 10 October 2026.
Every statement about another company on this page comes from the sources above, read on the dates shown. We do not state prices, ratings or judgements about another company's data, and the order of the list is alphabetical. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
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