Verata - Network Mapping for Investors
Harness the power of your firm's extended network
Verata helps PE firms source proprietary deals by mapping their network and showing warm paths to target companies.
TL;DR
Verata is the relationship intelligence platform for private equity. We map your firm's entire network, show you warm paths to any target company, and combine that with private company intelligence—so you can source proprietary deals through relationships instead of cold outreach.
3 of the top 10 mega funds already use Verata. We drive proprietary deal flow, due diligence, and the sourcing of deal advisors and portfolio operators.
Ask: Know someone at a PE firm frustrated with deal sourcing? Intro us at josh@veratainsight.com.Want to try it yourself? Book a demo here.
The Problem
Private equity runs on relationships—but firms can't see their own network.
Every PE firm has thousands of professional connections across partners, principals, alumni, operating advisors, and portfolio executives. When a deal team wants to reach a specific CEO or find companies matching their thesis, all that relationship capital is invisible.
The result:
- "Do we know anyone at this company?" - Asked dozens of times a week, answered by guessing
- "Who's our best path to this founder?" - Hours of LinkedIn searching for each target
- "What companies fit our thesis?" - Days of manual market mapping
- Cold outreach to warm targets - Missing relationships that could have opened doors
Firms pay millions for databases of company information, but the most valuable data—their own relationships—sits unused.
Our Solution
Verata combines relationship intelligence with private company data in one platform built specifically for PE.
Relationship Path Mapping
See how your firm connects to any target company or executive. We identify high-quality, verified professional relationships—not LinkedIn's low-quality connections—and show you the warm paths that turn cold outreach into warm introductions.
Private Company Intelligence
Research any target in seconds. Revenue estimates with transparent methodology, headcount trends, funding history, leadership profiles, comparable company analysis. One source of truth for target research.
Targeted Search
Find every company matching your thesis. Filter by geography, revenue range, sector, ownership type. Save searches and and see which targets you have warm paths to.
The Numbers:
- 1.5M+ executive profiles
- 30M+ relationships mapped
- Used by 3 of the to 10 firms by AUM
The Team
Nick Manske - Serial entrepreneur who previously co-founded AiFlow and Alariss Global, a software platform for international executive search that grew to 37 employees. Harvard '09, INSEAD '17J, former U.S. diplomat.
Josh Gardner - Princeton-educated computer scientist with research published in top journals and experience leading startup engineering teams at Alariss Global and AiFlow. Princeton BSE ‘20, MSE *22.
How We Got Here
Before Verata, we built and scaled AiFlow—a software platform for executive search. We learned that relationship data is incredibly powerful when it's properly mapped, verified, and made actionable.
We also saw the same problem plaguing PE that we solved in executive search: brilliant professionals spending hours trying to answer a simple question—"Who do we know?"
We knew we could bring the network intelligence techniques we'd perfected to private equity deal sourcing. Today the Verata platform trusted by 3 of the top 10 mega funds in the world.
Our Ask
- Intros to PE deal teams - Know principals, directors, VPs, or business development folks at PE firms? We'd love an intro. Email josh@veratainsight.com.
- Try Verata - If you're at a PE firm or work closely with one, book a demo here.
- Follow our journey - Connect with us on LinkedIn: Nick | Josh
Thanks for reading! For more information please email josh@veratainsight.com or visit https://www.veratainsight.com/.
— Josh & Nick