Tools & Solutions

Every tool in the 2026 handbook, A to Z. Filter by chapter to narrow it down.

All Market Intelligence & Data 28 Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security 39 Valuation & Financial Analytics / BI 12 Cross-cutting Platforms, Talent & Financing 27

Strategy & Deal Sourcing 26 Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline 22 Due Diligence 37 Post-Merger Integration 13

Tools Strategy & Deal Sourcing

Inven is an AI-native research and company analysis platform that gives PE, banking and corporate M&A teams faster, more complete visibility into private markets, helping them complete company research and analysis 10x faster.

Tools Strategy & Deal Sourcing

MADiscover is an AI-powered M&A screening solution that translates strategic rationales into dynamic landscapes for data-driven searches of strategic partners and M&A targets, supporting corporate development teams.

Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

MergerWare is an end-to-end M&A execution platform that helps organizations manage deals, due diligence, integrations, synergies, and divestitures in one place.

Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Dynamics 365 provides an agentic CRM and ERP foundation that many corporate development and PE portfolio teams already use to track relationships, deals and post-close performance in a Microsoft-centric stack.

Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

monday.com gives deal and integration teams a flexible, highly configurable hub for tracking pipelines, workstreams and integrations when they do not require a dedicated M&A platform.

Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

Mosaia is an AI-native deal sourcing and intelligence platform deploying autonomous AI agents for industry mapping, target screening, and lead generation.

Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

Navatar is an AI-native private markets CRM and deal operating system on Salesforce that captures firm knowledge, market intelligence and third-party data into a living intelligence layer powering origination, execution and fundraising.

Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

Outreach is an agentic AI sales execution platform that automates and analyzes multi-channel engagement, pipeline and forecasting — also applied to M&A deal origination outreach.

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Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

Pipedrive provides a flexible, low-friction CRM and pipeline tool that some M&A and corporate development teams repurpose for deal tracking and outreach when they do not yet need full M&A-specific platforms.

Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

Pipeline CRM is a US sales CRM (formerly PipelineDeals) offering pipeline management, automation and reporting for small and mid-sized teams.

Tools Strategy & Deal Sourcing

The best DACH company data worldwide and the most precise longlisting on the market. ProxDeal is the new generation of company database: 7M+ companies with 100+ parameters each, financials even for non-disclosing companies, shareholder trees down to UBOs, succession signals, and AI longlists in under 5 minutes, accessible via platform, API, and MCP.

Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

Qmarkets (Q-Scout)

Q-scout by Qmarkets is an innovation and deal-scouting platform that applies AI to startup databases and helps corporate M&A and venturing teams build intelligent deal-flow pipelines.

Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

RIA Catalyst is an AI-powered M&A intelligence platform purpose-built for RIA acquisitions, providing 15,000+ firm profiles and AI acquisition scoring.

Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

Sc0red is an AI-powered M&A target sourcing platform letting deal professionals digitize their investment thesis and apply it at scale across 68M+ companies.

Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

Scend is an agentic financial search platform providing ground-truth intelligence on companies, people, and deals across private markets.

Tools Strategy & Deal Sourcing

SourceCo is a US buy-side deal sourcing firm that uses AI to surface off-market, founder-led acquisition targets and connect them with vetted buyers.

Tools Strategy & Deal Sourcing

Sourcescrub is a sources-first, AI-powered deal sourcing platform that connects millions of private companies to 290k+ proprietary sources, enabling investors and deal teams to systematically discover, score and engage high-fit targets.

Tools Strategy & Deal Sourcing

Stabwechsel is a specialised succession platform that reverses the traditional marketplace model by presenting vetting successors instead of companies for sale, supported by a network of M&A coaches.

Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

Tiger Team M&A builds M&AOP, the AI operating platform for M&A. Corporate development and private equity teams use it to build strategy and optimize outcomes across the M&A lifecycle.

Tools Strategy & Deal Sourcing

transact.digital

transact.digital is an AI-powered private-market intelligence and sourcing platform combining curated data and AI-agents to support M&A and strategic decisions.

Tools Strategy & Deal Sourcing

Valu8 by Grata is a leading European private-market intelligence platform now integrated into Grata's global private markets platform, providing deep financial and ownership data to accelerate sourcing, screening and analysis of European and global private companies. Products includes login platform, API, MCP and agentic solutions.

Tools Strategy & Deal Sourcing

Venture IQ offers AI-powered software and research services that help corporate and financial investors discover, evaluate and collaborate on more relevant targets across innovation and M&A themes, faster.

Tools Strategy & Deal Sourcing

Website Closers is a specialist brokerage marketplace that connects buyers and sellers of tech and internet businesses worldwide, offering sector-savvy intermediaries and a 100% success-based fee model.

Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

Wrike is a collaborative work management platform serving 20,000+ organizations across 140 countries, offering AI-powered automation and 400+ integrations.

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