GRATA VS. HARMONIC
Don't let startup-only data limit your view of the private market
Harmonic helps venture investors find startups. Grata helps dealmakers source, evaluate, and build relationships across the entire private market.
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“I think we get a lot more value from a company that has data on both VC-backed companies and other types, whereas Harmonic is really just VC-focused.”
Startup data isn't enough for private market investing
PROBLEM 1
Your market view stops where the startup ecosystem ends
Harmonic specializes in venture-backed, pre-seed, and stealth startups. That’s valuable for early-stage investing, but it leaves out millions of founder-owned, bootstrapped, middle-market, and private equity-backed companies that matter to later-stage investors and advisors.
PROBLEM 2
Built for venture sourcing, not deal execution
Harmonic excels at founder intelligence, org charts, and startup signals. But private equity, investment banking, and corporate development teams need much more: financials, precedent transactions, buyer identification, relationship intelligence, filings, and diligence support.
PROBLEM 3
Lower-priced software can mean higher deal costs
Lower-cost startup databases like Harmonic become expensive when your team needs additional tools to research companies, validate opportunities, build buyer lists, analyze financials, and manage the rest of the investment workflow.
SOLUTION
Grata is built for the entire private market.
COMPLETE MARKET COVERAGE
See every opportunity, not just venture-backed companies
Grata provides visibility across 21M+ verified private companies worldwide, including startups, founder-owned businesses, middle-market companies, family-owned firms, sponsor-backed businesses, and more. Whether you’re sourcing acquisitions, investments, or advisory opportunities, you always have the complete market in view.
PURPOSE-BUILT WORKFLOWS
One platform for sourcing, screening, diligence, and relationship-building
Grata was designed specifically for private equity, investment banking, corporate development, and advisory teams. Source proprietary opportunities, evaluate financials, analyze precedent transactions, discover buyers, build relationships, and move deals forward without stitching together multiple tools.
VERIFIED DATA
Investment-grade intelligence you can trust
Grata combines proprietary research, public records, filings, private insights, and AI-powered enrichment before every record is reconciled and verified by a global team of 600 research analysts. The result is data built for investment decisions, not just discovery.
“We tried Harmonic, but it wasn’t the right fit for us—it felt geared more towards pre-seed firms. Grata seems better suited for identifying and sourcing from the universe of companies that fit our focus.”
Why teams choose Grata as a Harmonic alternative
Grata
Market Coverage
Market Coverage
21M+ company records, compiled from automated sources to support broad global sourcing
Ideal Customer
Ideal Customer
21M+ company records, compiled from automated sources to support broad global sourcing
Company Financials
Company Financials
21M+ company records, compiled from automated sources to support broad global sourcing
Deal Intelligence
Deal Intelligence
21M+ company records, compiled from automated sources to support broad global sourcing
Relationship Intelligence
Relationship Intelligence
21M+ company records, compiled from automated sources to support broad global sourcing
Research Workflows
Research Workflows
21M+ company records, compiled from automated sources to support broad global sourcing
People Intelligence
People Intelligence
21M+ company records, compiled from automated sources to support broad global sourcing
Growth Signals
Growth Signals
21M+ company records, compiled from automated sources to support broad global sourcing
AI Capabilities
AI Capabilities
21M+ company records, compiled from automated sources to support broad global sourcing
Data Verification
Data Verification
21M+ company records, compiled from automated sources to support broad global sourcing
Grata
Coverage
Coverage
21M+ verified private companies across the full private market
AI MATURITY
AI MATURITY
Private equity, investment banking, corporate development, consulting
AGENTIC SEARCH
AGENTIC SEARCH
Verified private company financials, filings, ownership, and deal data
SEARCH ACCURACY
SEARCH ACCURACY
Funding data, precedent transactions, valuations, buyer discovery, active mandates
INTELLIGENCE FEATURES
INTELLIGENCE FEATURES
CRM integrations, executive contacts, conference data, relationship mapping
CONTACT DATA
CONTACT DATA
Market mapping, sourcing, screening, diligence, valuation, buyer research, financial modeling
FINANCIAL DATA
FINANCIAL DATA
Verified executive and owner contacts
CRM INTEGRATION
CRM INTEGRATION
Proprietary market intent signals, ownership changes, headcount growth, website traffic, acquisitions, and more
DEAL SEARCH
DEAL SEARCH
Agentic AI supporting sourcing, screening, diligence, and workflow automation
LIVE DEAL NETWORK
LIVE DEAL NETWORK
Multi-source reconciliation plus human verification by a team of 600 global analysts
Harmonic
Coverage
Coverage
Focused primarily on startups, venture-backed, pre-seed, and stealth companies
AI MATURITY
AI MATURITY
Venture capital, startup sales teams
AGENTIC SEARCH
AGENTIC SEARCH
Limited company financials; emphasis on startup growth signals
SEARCH ACCURACY
SEARCH ACCURACY
Startup funding rounds and fundraising activity
INTELLIGENCE FEATURES
INTELLIGENCE FEATURES
Founder networks and introduction paths across customer connections
CONTACT DATA
CONTACT DATA
Startup discovery, founder research, market mapping
FINANCIAL DATA
FINANCIAL DATA
Founder profiles, team composition, org charts
CRM INTEGRATION
CRM INTEGRATION
Hiring, website traffic, launches, fundraising, founder activity
DEAL SEARCH
DEAL SEARCH
AI assistant for startup research, introductions, and market mapping
LIVE DEAL NETWORK
LIVE DEAL NETWORK
Primarily automated collection with founder and ecosystem contributions
Trusted by the dealmakers who win by moving first.
“Grata does a great job when I need quick results, like finding the top 40 companies with specific criteria.”
“From a sourcing perspective, it was as comprehensive and accurate as it can get, and the user interface was really nice. In terms of what has intrigued us the most, it's definitely sourcing for new deals. As we were testing Grata, I felt it was the easiest and quickest way. In the past, we were really just Googling, which was terrible, so Grata brought more efficiency.”
Looking for a Harmonic alternative?
See how Grata helps investment teams source proprietary opportunities, evaluate companies, and build relationships across the entire private market with verified data and AI built for dealmakers.