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Platform surpasses 23 million companies and 1 million transaction events following successful Valu8 integration

Learn how combining Grata's Excel Add-In with the Grata MCP makes M&A workflows more efficient and allows dealmakers to leave behind legacy tools.

Discover how Grata's new Excel Add-In solves the pain points of legacy integrations and supports the M&A dealmaking process.

Grata's MCP Server connects private market intelligence to your LLM. Find more deals, map more markets, and eliminate blind spots in your pipeline.

Discover how Grata's industry-leading AI and game-changing data science produce the deep, accurate data that private market dealmakers need to win in their industry.

Datasite acquires Valu8, a leading European private market intelligence platform, expanding Grata's global coverage to 70 million European companies and strengthening AI-powered dealmaking across borders.

Explore proven M&A deal sourcing strategies to unlock better targets and close more deals. Practical tips and tools to improve your origination game.

AI is reshaping every role on the M&A deal team — from analyst to partner. Here's what that means for the firms building for the next generation of dealmaking.

What is early deal intelligence? Learn how Grata's Seller Intent flags companies preparing to sell, 6-12 months before a formal process begins.

New research from Financial Times Longitude and Datasite shows AI is becoming standard across M&A workflows. Learn why the next competitive advantage won't be the technology itself — but the quality of the private-market intelligence powering it.

Learn what a complete market map requires, how to build one step by step, and how private market deal teams use them to source better opportunities and win more deals.

Agentic AI is set to transform the M&A world. Learn about how the revolutionary tech is changing each step of the dealmaking process in this article from Grata.

What is the difference between MCP and an API? MCP standardizes how AI applications access tools and context. APIs connect software systems. Learn how both work, when to use each, and what deal teams need to build reliable AI workflows.

Learn how to build an AI-native deal sourcing engine by combining tools like Claude with Grata's private market intelligence and MCP connectivity.

Discover 79 undiscovered HVAC companies with high Seller Intent scores. See ownership, geographic, and sector breakdowns from Grata's proprietary private market data.

Discover the top HVAC trends for middle market dealmakers - fragmentation, consolidation, growth areas, and recent acquisitions shaping the sector.

Global M&A entered 2026 on firmer footing, with Q1 activity showing renewed confidence across regions, though dealmakers remain highly selective.

Food manufacturers have 615,000 unfilled jobs and are investing in automation to fill the gap. Here's what private market dealmakers need to know about the fastest-growing segment in food processing.

What are the best private market opportunities in food processing? This playbook covers M&A trends, public and private company benchmarks, active financial sponsors, and target-rich segments including automation, packaging, cold chain logistics, waste reduction, and equipment.

Among US-based acquisition targets with 20-500 employees in the last 5 years, PE platform targets were more likely than corporate or PE add-on targets to have documented employees across multiple countries.

Identify the top M&A opportunities in 2026 across utilities, healthcare, FIG, and consumer goods. Discover high-potential, off-market acquisition targets before your competitors do.

Effective communication with institutional investors, sending the right message in the right channel, can help your debut fund stand out from the crowd.

Deal sourcing experts from Momenta, Bertram Capital, and Ara Partners shared how they find and attract hidden middle market opportunities with Grata.

Grata and Alumni Ventures hosted a webinar discussing the tools a modern corp dev team uses or should be using, particularly for top of funnel deal sourcing.

TAE Europa, a boutique M&A firm based in Barcelona specializing in agri-food transactions across Europe, turned to Valu8 by Grata to modernize a deal process built on fragmented data sources. By replacing manual research across SABI, Google, LinkedIn, and press coverage with Valu8's Similarity Search and ownership data, Managing Partner Alvaro Raventos Rodenas and his team cut buyer list-building time by 75% and slashed corporate group verification from 30 minutes to just 2 — freeing analysts to focus on closing deals rather than chasing data.

Wickdale Capital, a traditional search fund focused on acquiring one exceptional B2B business for the long term, turned to Grata to cut through an opaque private market. By replacing manual research with targeted, data-driven outreach, founder Kunal Pasrija identified, approached, and closed the right acquisition — finding his deal not through volume, but through precision.

Equiteq, a global investment bank specializing in sell-side M&A for consulting and technology services firms, turned to Grata to compete on precision in one of finance's most fragmented markets. By replacing broad outreach with tightly targeted campaigns across seven offices on four continents, Equiteq has made data quality and global coverage the foundation of its growth strategy.

Artemis Origination, a global buy-side M&A advisory firm, turned to Grata to solve one of dealmaking's toughest challenges: achieving deep coverage in fragmented markets where the best targets are hardest to find.

For more than 30 years, The JIAN Group has built its reputation on trust, precision, and successful deal execution in the building materials industry. By adopting Grata, the firm strengthened its sourcing and outreach workflows with accurate, confidential data and responsive support.

For years, food tech company Odeko relied heavily on personal connections and word of mouth for sourcing new deals. When the team needed to level-up, they turned to Grata. Here's how Grata drove more efficient sourcing — and real results.

B. Woods & Company is a boutique buy-side origination firm that executes highly specific acquisition mandates for institutional capital managers. Founder Will Woods explains how Grata became the firm’s starting point for top-of-funnel research, enabling greater precision, faster mandate execution, and more meaningful founder and investor conversations.

Discover key M&A trends in pet care - from high-growth segments and industry fragmentation to emerging geographic markets and acquisition activity.

Discover all of the trends that private market dealmakers need to know about investing in the real estate services industry.

Learn what’s shaping cannabis infrastructure investments, from fragmentation to recent M&A and new targets worth tracking.

Discover the need-to-know investment trends for private middle market dealmakers looking to make moves in the landscaping and property maintenance industry.

Dive deep into the top trends that private market dealmakers need to know about the clean power infrastructure industry. Identify high-growth sectors, understand market fragmentation, and see a sample of live deals in the Grata Deal Network.

Discover the top dealmaking trends that private market investors need to know about the software development industry. Identify high-growth areas, understand industry fragmentation, and assess segments with leadership opportunities.

Explore the latest M&A trends in the beauty and aesthetics space, from revenue growth markets to recent fragmentation and acquisitions.

Grata's new Dynamo CRM integration, a survey of 1,000 dealmakers on AI adoption, and a guide to building complete market maps beyond generic AI lists.

Grata's new Excel Add-In, how agentic AI moves deal teams through full workflows, and a case study on sourcing an acquisition entirely through Grata.

Building an AI-native deal sourcing engine with Claude, the difference between MCPs and APIs, and a live oil & gas services deal in the Grata network.

A new guide to MCP servers for dealmakers, Grata's food processing PE Playbook, and a preview of the M&A AI Summit featuring Grata's Nevin Raj.

Introducing the Grata MCP Server for AI-powered deal sourcing and market mapping, plus a guide to building a stronger deal sourcing engine.

How Grata cultivates investment-grade private market data, an Equiteq case study on precision sourcing, and why AI model annotation matters for M&A.

Grata's new Hidden Gems Report on overlooked acquisition targets, the Valu8 Company Intelligence acquisition, and top Chrome extensions for dealmakers.