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 Valuation & Financial Analytics / BI

MoneySoft is a long-established US provider of business valuation and M&A deal-analysis software for brokers, advisors, CPAs and buyers.

Tools Valuation & Financial Analytics / BI

PATEV provides IP-centric M&A intelligence, valuation and innovation analytics that help buyers and sellers understand technology leadership, IP value and related risks in transactions.

Tools Valuation & Financial Analytics / BI

Planful provides the FP&A operating system for many acquisitive and PE-backed companies, with its Predict suite using AI/ML to improve data quality and forecasting, which supports M&A integration and portfolio planning.

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 Valuation & Financial Analytics / BI

QuikIRR is an Excel-first deal intelligence platform that automates financial model infrastructure, data cleaning, and investment-grade analysis from raw data room files.

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 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 Valuation & Financial Analytics / BI

One-time-purchase desktop software for standards-compliant small business valuation using asset, income and market approaches.

Tools Valuation & Financial Analytics / BI

Valutico is an AI-enabled valuation suite that combines a large M&A and trading-multiples database with smart, semi-automated workflows so practitioners can deliver defensible valuations far faster than with spreadsheets.

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.

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