DFX Intelligence vs 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.[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 method and subject: Sourcescrub crawls the web to find private companies and ties each one to the sources that list it, while DFX resolves US filings into records of the firms, funds, advisers and allocators on the capital side.[1]
Facts about Sourcescrub as of , each linked to its source below. DFX currently tracks 7,648 private equity firms, 1,041 independent sponsors and 365 business development companies, as of 11 October 2026.
Side by side
Sourcescrub comes out ahead on 3 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 | Sourcescrub | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 17M companies tied to 290,000 sources and lists.[1] | Sourcescrub |
| How companies are found | Records are built by rule from filings and registries; what is reported, derived, estimated and withheld is stated per field. method | Continuously crawls the web to find private companies and connects them with the sources where they can be found.[1] | Even |
| Profile checks | Every fact names the public record it was read from and the date it was read. method | Deep profiles with multi-source validation under its Profile+ standard.[1] | Even |
| Contact details | Public pages are built around filings, relationships and dated events, not direct contact details. method | A contact database is one of its listed use cases.[1] | Sourcescrub |
| 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 describes finding, tracking and engaging companies; RIAs, allocators and BDC lenders are not listed as datasets.[1] | DFX |
| Integrations | 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 | CRM integration, CRM enrichment, a data connect product and custom research.[1] | Sourcescrub |
Who Sourcescrub is for
Sourcescrub names private equity, investment banking, corporate development and consulting teams.[1]
Who DFX Intelligence is for
Choose DFX if you need the capital around a company rather than the company itself: who backed it, who lends to it, which adviser or allocator is behind the money, each read from a dated 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 Sourcescrub column
- Sourcescrub home page, read 10 October 2026.
Every statement about Sourcescrub 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.