Grata
AcquiredFounded 2016 · 239 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors
Grata provides bulk access to a private market dataset covering 22M+ global companies with 250+ data points including firmographics, revenue, employee counts, executive contacts, and deal data. It serves data scientists, CTOs, and product managers via a data warehouse, API, and MCP integration to power internal models and private market intelligence workflows.
Also known as Grata Inc.
Investors · 7
Also in the syndicate · 3
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Grata operates a private market intelligence platform used by dealmakers to find, screen and track private companies, with coverage of more than 22 million companies including bootstrapped, founder-owned and lower middle market businesses that are not tracked by transaction-focused data providers. Alongside company firmographics and verified executive contact information, the platform includes more than 100 million financial filings extracted from European national registries, roughly 800,000 historical transactions with buyers, multiples and advisors, 200,000 curated conference and trade show attendee lists, and profiles of more than 100,000 strategic buyers and sponsors.
The product spans a web platform for search, screening, market mapping and deal tracking, with desktop, mobile (Grata Go) and Chrome access and CRM sync; an API, data warehouse sync and MCP integration for embedding data into customer AI stacks and data environments; and agentic search capabilities described as forthcoming. Grata also markets proprietary signal layers, including seller intent signals intended to identify companies likely to transact six to twelve months before a competitive process, Datasite-derived deal execution market intelligence, and MergerLinks profiles of dealmakers and their transaction histories.
Common use cases marketed by the company are deal sourcing and nurturing, market mapping, comparables and valuation, and identifying and contacting executives. The company states 99% data accuracy maintained by AI training combined with a human research team, supported by roughly 30 engineers and 40 QA analysts.
Founding story
Grata was co-founded by CEO Andrew Bocskocsky and COO Nevin Raj, former Harvard classmates who brought backgrounds in AI and technology and in business development and investment, to address the data gap around private US middle market companies that are difficult for dealmakers to find and engage.
Business model
Grata sells subscription access to its private company dataset and dealmaking workflow software, sold through demos to professional deal teams, and also distributes the same data via API, data warehouse sync and MCP for embedding into customers' own systems.
Software and data subscriptions for the Grata platform and programmatic data access (API, data warehouse, MCP).
Traction
Company materials cite over 2,000 global customers (elsewhere stated as more than 1,000), a 4.8/5 customer rating, use by 9 of the 10 top consulting firms for commercial due diligence, and growth of more than 8x between January 2021 and February 2022. Customer case studies from Odeko, Pineland Capital Partners, Equiteq, DWP Capital and Dreison International describe acquisitions and deals sourced through the platform.
Latest developments
Following the June 2025 Datasite acquisition, Grata announced that it and Sourcescrub are joining forces on private company intelligence, launched a native MCP integration making its data available inside Perplexity Computer, and referenced a Silver Stevie Award for Technology Excellence for the integrated Datasite, Grata and Blueflame AI dealmaking platform. Agentic search products (Grata Agents) are described as coming soon.
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Market position
Grata positions itself against transaction-focused incumbents such as PitchBook and S&P Capital IQ and against general-purpose LLM tools, arguing greater coverage of the non-transacted lower middle market and access to non-public sources such as registry filings, conference lists and deal signals. It reports use by 35 of the top 40 firms and 9 of the top 10 management consulting firms.
Grata emphasizes three layers of intelligence: synthesized foundational company data covering hard-to-find private companies; access to data not available on the open internet, such as registry filings and procured conference attendee lists; and exclusive deal intelligence from the Datasite deal execution platform and MergerLinks advisor records, combined with human-validated accuracy and purpose-built sourcing workflows.
Technology
Grata combines a web data acquisition engine that scans billions of websites with proprietary machine learning and natural language processing models that convert unstructured information into structured, contextual company insights, layered with extraction of registry filings and proprietary signal models such as seller intent. Data quality is maintained through automated validation plus a dedicated human research team, and the platform is accessible via search UI, API, data warehouse sync and MCP.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise sales with demo-led acquisition and customer success support, supported by case studies, published sector research and a newsletter; distribution partnerships and integrations extend reach into AI tools such as Perplexity Computer.
Private equity and growth equity firms, investment banks, corporate development teams, private credit investors, and consulting and advisory firms operating in the private and middle market.
Geography
Headquartered in New York (3 Columbus Circle), with offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt and Sydney; data coverage is global and includes European registry filings, and the company cites US and EMEA signal accuracy separately.
History
Founded in 2016 and based in New York, Grata raised seed funding in 2020 and closed a $25 million Series A led by Craft Ventures in February 2022, bringing total funding to $35 million. In June 2025 Datasite acquired Grata, with Datasite's controlling shareholder CapVest Partners announcing an intended $500 million investment in Datasite's intelligence solutions; Bocskocsky and Raj continued to lead Grata as a strategic business unit within Datasite. Subsequent developments include the combination of Grata with Sourcescrub and integration of Grata data into Datasite's broader dealmaking platform.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsDatasite, a SaaS provider of AI-powered workflow collaboration and automation solutions for M&A, acquired Grata. CapVest Partners LLP, Datasite's controlling shareholder, said it intends to invest $500 million organically and inorganically to expand Datasite's intelligence solutions. Grata continues as a strategic business unit within Datasite under co-founders Andrew Bocskocsky and Nevin Raj. Grata was advised by Deutsche Bank (M&A) and Orrick (legal); Datasite was advised by Arma Partners, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Alvarez & Marsal, KPMG, Lockton and West Monroe.
Datasite won a Silver Stevie Award for Technology Excellence for the integrated dealmaking platform spanning Datasite, Grata and Blueflame AI.
Grata announced that Grata and Sourcescrub are joining forces to deliver private company intelligence.
Grata made its private market intelligence available directly within Perplexity Computer via a native MCP integration.
Grata announced a $25 million Series A round led by Craft Ventures, with participation from Teamworthy Ventures, Altai Ventures, Eigen Ventures, Bling, Accomplice, Touchdown Ventures and current and former M&A executives, bringing total funding to $35 million. Proceeds were earmarked for refining machine learning models and product development.
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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Grata do?
- Grata is a New York-based private market intelligence platform for deal sourcing, now a business unit of Datasite.
- Who are Grata's investors?
- Grata's investors include Altai Ventures, Bling Capital, Cerity Partners Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures.