7 top competitive intelligence tools for: funding

These are some of the tools we use in competitor research for our customers - to analyze competitors, understand what they are doing and what they plan to do next.

  1. Crunchbase - easy, first port of call for the funding history of technology startups.

  2. EDGAR IPOs - EDGAR tool for company analysis, not primarily focused on IPOs but does feature companies with S-1 forms filed.

  3. Factset - historical funding data, among other financial information, for tens of thousands of companies.

  4. IPO Monitor - subscription service offering alerts and monitoring for upcoming and recent IPOs.

  5. MarketIQ - detailed M&A data, now part of Experian.

  6. The Deal - funding and M&A database, including alerts, newsletters and analysis.

  7. Zephyr - M&A database for companies around the world; now part of Bureau van Dijk.

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