DFX Intelligence vs 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.[1] 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.
The main difference is targets against capital: Grata is built to find and research private companies (targets, comps, market maps and seller intent), while DFX publishes the sponsors, advisers, allocators and lenders around those companies from US filings.[1]
Facts about Grata as of , each linked to its source below. DFX currently tracks 7,647 private equity firms, 1,041 independent sponsors and 2,366 private credit firms, as of 10 October 2026.
Side by side
Grata comes out ahead on 5 of the 6 rows below. We say so because a comparison written by one side is only worth reading if it is willing to lose.
| Criterion | DFX Intelligence | Grata | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private company coverage | 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 | Says it covers 22M+ private companies.[1] | Grata |
| Deal sourcing tools | No seller intent signal: DFX publishes what the record shows, not who is preparing to sell. method | Deal sourcing, seller intent, buyer list building, conferences and events, active mandates and pipeline management.[1] | Grata |
| Research tools | No public comps, valuation multiples or Excel add-in. method | Deal data, industry research, public comps and an Excel add-in.[1] | Grata |
| Advisers, allocators and lenders | The capital side as datasets of their own: investment advisers by CRD, family offices, institutional allocators with dated commitments, independent sponsors and BDC positions. method | Its home page lists company data, deal data and comps; allocator, adviser and lender datasets are not listed.[1] | DFX |
| Geography | United States first. Firms elsewhere appear when they file with the SEC or sponsor a US transaction. method | Says it has customers in 26 countries.[1] | Grata |
| Data delivery and AI | A real estate MCP server and an llms.txt index for AI assistants; the other graphs are read through the public pages. No CRM sync or bulk feed is published. method | An MCP server, an API, a data warehouse feed and CRM intelligence.[1] | Grata |
Who Grata is for
Grata names private equity, investment banking, corporate development, consulting and private credit teams.[1]
Who DFX Intelligence is for
Choose DFX if you start from the capital: which sponsors, lenders, advisers and allocators are active, what they filed and when, with each fact traceable to its filing.
How DFX sources its data
- SEC Form ADV filings since 2011 and the daily IAPD adviser feeds, for investment advisers, their private funds, owners and registered advisers. Method
- SEC Form D notices, for private fund offerings and venture rounds. Method
- SEC Form 13F holdings, read as long positions in 13(f) securities and never as a portfolio or as assets under management. Method
- Business development company 10-Q and 10-K schedules of investments, read position by position. Method
- Public pension board and investment committee minutes, for dated fund commitments, each carrying the sentence that states it. Method
Every registered source is listed on the sources page. The figures DFX publishes are on the statistics page (for example this one), and each dataset, with how to cite it, is on the datasets page.
Sources for the Grata column
- Grata home page (page title: Grata | The Leading Private Markets Platform), read 10 October 2026.
Every statement about Grata 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. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.