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Private Company Research

9 articles

Comparisons

aVenture vs. PitchBook: Which Private Market Research Platform Fits Your Workflow?

A fact-based comparison of aVenture and PitchBook Platform: coverage, features, pricing, and which private market research platform fits your workflow.

William A. Callahan, CFAJul 2, 20265 min

Comparisons

aVenture vs. Crunchbase Pro: Private Company Data Platforms Compared

aVenture and Crunchbase Pro compared on coverage, data model, competitive mapping, and pricing — including aVenture's current Crunchbase price-match promotion.

William A. Callahan, CFAJun 27, 20264 min

Research Methods

Product and Service Intelligence: Knowing What a Company Actually Sells

Product intelligence for GTM and research teams: how we turn messy public descriptions into a governed catalog of what companies actually sell.

William A. Callahan, CFAJun 22, 20267 min

Comparisons

aVenture vs. CB Insights: Tech Intelligence Platforms Compared

A factual comparison of aVenture and the CB Insights Tech Intelligence Platform: coverage, AI features, competitive mapping, and the price gap between them.

William A. Callahan, CFAJun 17, 20264 min

Research Guides

How to Research a Private Company: A Complete Workflow

Learn how to research private companies step by step: identity, founders, funding, products, traction, and risk — and how a knowledge graph ties it together.

William A. Callahan, CFAMay 23, 20268 min

Comparisons

aVenture vs. AlphaSense: Market Intelligence Search vs. Venture Research Graph

AlphaSense searches documents; aVenture builds linked company records. A factual comparison of two different answers to market intelligence.

William A. Callahan, CFAMay 18, 20264 min

Research Methods

Mapping a Competitive Landscape from Products and Services Outward

Competitive landscape analysis works better product-first. How we map competitors from what companies actually sell, not category labels.

William A. Callahan, CFAMay 13, 20267 min

Comparisons

aVenture vs. the Private Company Research Landscape: 11 Platforms Compared

A fact-based comparison of aVenture against all 11 of its joined competitors — PitchBook, Crunchbase, CB Insights, Tracxn, AlphaSense, Preqin, Owler, Perplexity Finance, Harmonic, PrivCo, and Synaptic.

William A. Callahan, CFAApr 13, 20267 min

Comparisons

aVenture vs. Perplexity Finance: AI Research for Private vs. Public Markets

Perplexity Finance answers questions about public companies; aVenture builds research records on private ones. Where the two AI research tools actually overlap.

William A. Callahan, CFAApr 8, 20264 min