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 Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security

EthosData (part of iDeals VDR)

EthosData (now part of iDeals) is a UK-based virtual data room provider used for M&A, IPOs, asset sales, and fundraising, offering dedicated data room managers and AI-powered tools.

Tools Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security

Firmex is a trusted, feature-rich VDR for M&A and other sensitive transactions. Firmex is a diligence-grade VDR offering robust security, redaction, Q&A and flexible subscription models aimed at mid‑market M&A, litigation and compliance use cases.

Tools Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security

FirmRoom is a cloud-based virtual data room from the makers of DealRoom and M&A Science, designed for secure, intuitive M&A due diligence and document sharing, helping dealmakers set up rooms in minutes, collaborate securely and close deals faster without legacy VDR pricing.

Tools Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security

FORDATA is an EU-compliant virtual data room for M&A, fundraising, due diligence and audits - supporting complex European transactions since 2009, with technical support delivered in-house around the clock.

Tools Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security

Google Drive is Google’s cloud storage and file‑sharing platform for securely storing, syncing, and collaborating on documents, spreadsheets, and other files from any device.

Tools Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security

HighQ (Thomson Reuters legal platform)

HighQ is an intelligent work and client engagement platform used by law firms and deal teams for secure collaboration, document review, and transaction workflows. Owned by Thomson Reuters since 2019, it serves 21 of the top 25 UK law firms and 400+ clients globally with document automation, deal rooms, and AI-powered legal operations.

Tools Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security

Ideals VDR provides a secure data room that combines best-in-class functionality and fortress-like security. It works with organizations across all industries, helping them accelerate M&A, corporate governance, and other high-stakes transactions and workflows.

Tools Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security

idgard is a privacy-first German secure collaboration and VDR platform with sealed cloud architecture. idgard delivers sealed‑cloud virtual data rooms and collaboration tools that keep sensitive M&A, board and regulated‑industry data securely stored and exchanged within German data centres, with strong compliance credentials.

Tools Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security

Imprima is an AI‑enabled virtual data room and due diligence hub that helps legal, M&A and real estate teams prepare, review and close complex cross‑border transactions faster and with more confidence.

Tools Deal Management, CRM & Pipeline

Intapp DealCloud

Intapp DealCloud is an AI-powered deal and relationship intelligence platform that centralizes deal flow, relationship data, and firm intelligence in a compliance-aware environment for financial and professional services firms. It provides a single hub to coordinate pipelines, client and intermediary relationships, and cross-firm workflows, helping teams originate smarter, execute deals more efficiently, and grow faster.

Tools Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security

Kamzan is an Italian secure file sharing and collaboration platform built for structured collaboration within an EU-hosted perimeter.

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 Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security

Multipartner is a certified international virtual data room provider with Italian data centres, strong ENIGMA encryption and customizable modules for secure, all-inclusive M&A and corporate transactions.

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 Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security

netfiles Deal Room is a virtual data room designed for due diligence and transactions. It combines fast, intuitive setup with granular document control, structured Q&A, audited security and predictable pricing for unlimited users.

Tools Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security

Onehub is a secure virtual data room and client portal solution that lets businesses collaborate with colleagues and customers, sharing even their most private data with precise permissions and straightforward pricing.

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.

Estonia / Global

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 Virtual Data Rooms & Transaction Security

Progress Sharefile

Progress ShareFile Virtual Data Room is a secure file sharing and virtual data room platform for M&A due diligence, fundraising, audits, litigation, and other confidential business processes, with granular permissions, dynamic watermarking, real-time audit trails, and built-in Folder Q&A workflows.

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.

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