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The most complete target screening platform for search funds

Catalist combines an internal database of 18M+ companies with the ability to extend searches beyond it. You can incorporate companies from any external source, such as directories, online lists, or proprietary research, and manage everything within a single system. This enables a more complete and tailored target universe, rather than relying solely on a fixed database.

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Data enrichment

Each company search is defined by its own investment criteria. In addition to standard data points such as financials, ownership, size and contact details, Catalist allows you to capture any data, whether quantitative or qualitative. This makes it possible to evaluate companies with flexibility for any search.

"Adopting a data-driven approach with Catalist allowed us to get a detailed picture of the market and identify relevant acquisition opportunities much more efficiently.”

Niels de Ruiter

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Ai-enabled analysis

Screening at scale

Organizing companies (e.g. by business model or technology) makes it easier to assess company fit rapidly. Catalist applies any structure you define across any list of companies, ranks them, and helps you quickly narrow down the most relevant targets. Our AI features automate this setup and application, making screening faster.

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Optimising M&A target selection across key geographies

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Integrations

Catalist connects with several tools across the search workflow. Contact data can be sourced via Apollo, financial data via Creditsafe, and AI functionality is supported by providers such as OpenAI, Perplexity, and Claude. Catalist also integrates with multiple CRMs such as Affinity, HubSpot, and Pipedrive.

Connected Team workflow

Collaboration

Catalist centralizes all company searches, evaluations, and decisions amongst your team. This makes it clear what has already been reviewed and prevents you from re-screening the same companies. As a result, time is spent on progressing the search rather than repeating work, as the search scales.

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"Venture IQ has broadened our thinking at DELA. Technological developments are accelerating at such a high pace, that this increases the need for us to think about partnerships and investments. That path we will now definitely pursue. The collaboration with Venture IQ was very pleasant."

Ingrid van Loon

Innovation Strategist at DELA

DELA is the largest Dutch funeral insurer and caretaker. Founded as a cooperation, DELA has nearly 3 million members and is the market leader in both the Netherlands and Belgium. They have the ambition to continuously develop new propositions for its clients that foster connections between people and improve stay at home care. Core to realising this vision is to actively create partnerships with and investments in innovative startups. DELA and Venture IQ structurally work together to map out market domains and identify the most relevant targets for DELA to engage with.

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