Private Equity & Venture Capital — First to Invest
PRIVATE EQUITY & VENTURE CAPITAL

Alternative data for better investment decisions.

Private Equity and Venture Capital teams need more than financial statements and traditional research. First to Invest helps uncover additional operational, market, customer, competitive, and risk signals from publicly available data to support investment decisions.

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PE / VC INVESTMENT INTELLIGENCE
Target Company Growth Signal
DUE DILIGENCE
MARKET EXPANSION · CUSTOMER SIGNALS · VERIFIED
Portfolio Supply Chain Risk
MONITORING
OPERATIONS · DISRUPTION · REAL-TIME SIGNAL
Emerging Sector Activity
DEAL SOURCING
MARKET DISCOVERY · EARLY SIGNALS · VERIFIED
Market Momentum & Exit Timing
EXIT ANALYSIS
MARKET TRENDS · COMPETITIVE CONTEXT · VERIFIED
HOW ALTERNATIVE DATA ELEVATES PE & VC PERFORMANCE

See more of the picture before you invest.

Alternative data can add context that traditional financial analysis may not capture, helping investment teams assess opportunities, monitor portfolio companies, identify new targets, and evaluate market timing.

01

Due Diligence

Build a richer and more comprehensive view of a target company before making an investment decision.

02

Portfolio Monitoring

Track customer sentiment, operational signals, supply-chain disruptions, and other developments affecting portfolio-company performance.

03

Deal Sourcing

Identify emerging companies, markets, and sectors that may be developing before they become obvious through conventional channels.

04

Exit Strategy

Combine company performance signals with broader market trends to support better-informed exit timing.

WHAT YOU CAN MONITOR

Operational and market signals around your investments.

Alternative data can help reveal developments around a target or portfolio company that may not yet be fully reflected in traditional reporting.

Customer & Market Sentiment
Public indicators that can help assess customer response, brand momentum, and market perception.
Supply Chain & Operational Risk
Signals around disruptions, dependencies, vendor issues, and operating conditions.
Competitive Activity
New products, partnerships, expansion activity, and changes in the competitive landscape.
Sector & Market Trends
Emerging themes and external developments that may affect valuation, growth, or exit opportunities.
FROM PUBLIC DATA TO INVESTMENT INTELLIGENCE

A workflow built around investment questions.

First to Invest structures public information so investment teams can focus on evaluating the signal rather than manually gathering fragmented data.

01 / DEFINE

Set the Target Universe

Define target companies, portfolio companies, markets, sectors, geographies, or investment themes.

02 / MONITOR

Track Relevant Signals

Monitor public information for developments tied to growth, operations, customer behavior, competition, risk, and market conditions.

03 / DELIVER

Receive Structured Intelligence

Receive the relevant findings in a structured form that can support diligence, portfolio monitoring, deal sourcing, or strategic analysis.

EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE DATA

Bring additional intelligence into your investment process.

Tell us the company, portfolio, sector, or market you want to evaluate and we can show you what the available intelligence looks like.

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