Find the Right Companies Faster with Agentic Search

The faster you can understand a market and pinpoint the right companies, the sooner you can move on opportunities others haven’t found yet. Grata’s Agentic Search is built for that speed. By combining your natural language input with intelligent, context-aware refinement, it surfaces high-fit targets in seconds. Instead of getting bogged down in filters, you get rapid clarity, accelerating your path to the companies that matter most.
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Find the Right Companies Faster with Agentic Search

Grata’s Agentic Search helps you build smarter searches in seconds — not minutes.

The faster you can understand a market and pinpoint the right companies, the sooner you can move on opportunities others haven’t found yet. Grata’s Agentic Search is built for that speed. By combining your natural language input with intelligent, context-aware refinement, it surfaces high-fit targets in seconds. Instead of getting bogged down in filters, you get rapid clarity, accelerating your path to the companies that matter most.

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Start anywhere

Launch a search with any request, as descriptive as you want.

Screenshot from Grata's platform showcasing Grata's new AI feature, Agentic Search. The screenshot shows Grata prompting the user with, "What companies can we help you find?" followed by suggestions including: Find private companies similar to Salesforce; I'm looking for companies operating in adjacent markets to Shopify; Show me software companies that could be add-ons for logistics tech platforms; Bootstrapped software companies with 50-1K employees in the US and Europe. At the bottom of the screenshot, the user types into the chat box, "I want companies that make a zero proof drink product

Instant insight

Before, you would have had to click into individual profiles to understand what you like and don’t like about initial results and then decide how to refine your search. Now, Grata’s Agentic AI gives you those answers instantly.

Horizontal screenshot from Grata's platform showcasing the next step in the non-alcoholic spirit search. The AI chat bot responds, "Looking at producers of non-alcoholic spirits, aperitifs, bitters, syrups, and concentrates that are non-carbonated and not sold as ready-to-drink mocktails. Which direction would you like to browse?" The quick suggestions are: Distilled non-alcoholic spirits positioned as gin, whiskey, tequila, or amaro alternatives; Non-carbonated aperitif and vermouth-style alcohol-free products for mixology; Bitters, syrups, and mixer concentrates formulated specifically for zero-proof cocktails. On the right side of the screen is a list of 1,800+ company suggestions.

Refine with precision

From here, narrow results further by focus, region, company size, funding status, and more.

Further down the search pipeline, the user asks Grata to "focus on bootstrapped companies highlighting botanical distillation." The AI responds, "Narrowing to independent producers emphasizing botanical distillation within non-alcoholic gin, whiskey, tequila, or amaro alternatives. Interested in exploring adjacent opportunities from here?" The quick suggestions offered include: Producers of non-alcoholic aperitifs built around macerated botanicals; Makers of bitters and tinctures for zero-proof cocktails; Suppliers of botanical extracts and flavor houses serving non-alc spirits.

Save yourself time

What used to take minutes of manual tinkering now takes seconds through a combination of Grata’s agentic suggestions and your freehand input.

A screenshot of the Grata platform showing how the AI agent translates into filters. Under included terms is "zero proof" or "alcohol-free" or "non-alcoholic."  Additional included terms are non-alcoholic spirit, alcohol-free spirit, zero proof spirit, distilled, spirit alternative, etc.

Faster searches mean faster insights, faster screening, and ultimately -- faster deal flow. With speed driving your sourcing edge, Agentic Search is built to keep you miles ahead. Time is money, make sure you’re spending it wisely. Try it for yourself – get started with Grata today.

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