Gain

What Gain does

Gain (legal entity Gain.AI B.V., formerly Gain.pro) is a private-markets data and workflow platform founded in 2018/2019 and headquartered in Amsterdam. It serves enterprise clients in private equity, M&A advisory, management consulting, corporate development, law firms, and executive search, with claimed penetration of 100% of MBB and Big-Four advisory firms and 80% of the top-20 global M&A houses, and a customer base representing more than $1 trillion of private capital.

The platform is structured as a Private Markets Super App with three modules: Data (proprietary intelligence on 20,000+ investors, 500,000+ deals, and 11,000+ advisors), Connect (CRM-synchronized workflows and integrations with Intapp DealCloud, Bloomberg Terminal, Excel, and Chrome), and Agent (natural-language AI queries and agentic workflow execution, processing 50,000+ daily AI queries). A dedicated AI Lead and proprietary AI-driven valuation and ranking signals indicate AI-native architecture rather than LLM-wrapping.

Gain operates an enterprise SaaS model with reported 126% net revenue retention, NPS above 70, ARR of $33.2M, and roughly 134 employees across eight offices (Amsterdam, New York, London, Frankfurt, Warsaw, Stockholm, Bangalore, Paris). Compliance posture includes SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and CCPA certifications. The company was founded by Frister Haveman and Nicola Ebmeyer, both ex-McKinsey, and has raised $10M in disclosed funding (May 2022).

Name

Gain

Legal name

Gain.AI B.V.

Website

https://gain.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Gain is an AI-native private-markets data and workflow platform serving enterprise PE, M&A advisory, consulting, and corporate development clients across 400+ organizations and $1T+ of private capital. It offers Data, Connect, and Agent modules via enterprise SaaS.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Market Intelligence Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Alternatives & Multi-Asset Digital Wealth Platforms (PE/VC/Real Assets access) (FSAGAEAL)

Keywords

• Private market intelligence
• Deal sourcing software
• M&A intelligence platform
• Private equity data
• Investor database software

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription-based SaaS: Annual subscription model for platform access. Reported $33.2M ARR in 2025 with $99.7M valuation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Gain provides a unified AI-native platform — the "Private Markets Super App" — that combines three modules (Data, Connect, and Agent) to deliver investment-grade intelligence on private companies, investors, deals, and advisors. The platform serves private equity firms, M&A advisors, consultants, corporate M&A teams, and law firms with interconnected data, natural language search, AI-driven deal sourcing, and two-way CRM synchronization, replacing 20+ point solutions with a single subscription-based SaaS offering.

Product overview

Gain is the Private Markets Super App — a single unified AI-native platform that combines three core modules (Data, Connect, and Agent) alongside supplementary tools (Excel Add-in, Chrome Extension, and GainControl) into one integrated system. The Data module serves as the foundational private market intelligence graph covering companies, investors, deals, advisors, and people. The Connect module provides workflow integrations including two-way CRM sync, API feeds, and bulk data exports. The Agent module enables AI-powered automated deal sourcing and querying. The Excel Add-in and Chrome Extension extend the platform into users' existing workflows, while GainControl manages enterprise-grade security and permissions across all components.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GainControl: Enterprise-grade security, permissions, and control built for large deal teams, featuring SSO, MFA, SCIM, and role-based access controls.

Products and services

• Gain Private Markets Super App Gain's primary unified platform delivering investment-grade private market intelligence for private equity firms, M&A advisors, consultants, corporate M&A teams, law firms, and executive search firms. It combines three core modules — Data (the deepest private markets data graph covering every company with >10 FTEs, 20,000+ investors, 500k+ deals, and 11,000+ advisors, all richly interconnected), Connect (two-way CRM sync, bulk exports, API feeds, and Excel add-in for workflow integration), and Agent (AI-powered natural language querying, automated deal sourcing, and workflow automation) — into one subscription-based SaaS offering.
• Gain Excel Add-in A downloadable Microsoft Excel add-in that allows analysts to access and pull Gain's private market intelligence directly within Excel spreadsheets, enabling them to work with investment-grade company, investor, and deal data inside their existing Excel-based workflows using authentication via work email.
• Gain Chrome Extension A browser extension that captures anonymized session activity including counts of companies, investors, and industries viewed, providing lightweight market intelligence access directly in the browser for Gain users.
• GainControl Enterprise-grade security, permissions, and access control sub-product built into the Gain platform for large deal teams, providing SSO, MFA, SCIM, role-based access controls, and centralized team management to support compliance with enterprise IT and security requirements.
• European PE Asset Handbook A proprietary research report product from Gain that identifies attractive sectors and regions for European private equity capital deployment, analyzing targets on growth, profitability, buy-and-build strategy, leverage, and EBITDA multiples to inform investment thesis and asset selection.
• Gain API and Bulk Data Services Developer API feeds and bulk data services exposing Gain's private market intelligence (companies, investors, deals, advisors) for integration into client workflows, paired with two-way CRM synchronization and the Excel add-in to embed Gain data within existing enterprise systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4x faster company search compared to competitors
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Intapp DealCloudcoreTechnology or Integration · 28 February 2023Integration partnership enabling Gain's market intelligence to be combined with DealCloud's CRM and deal management platform. Transform Your CRM Experience webinar showcases the integration that streamlines deal-making workflows and provides comprehensive transaction insights.
• Bloomberg TerminalcoreTechnology or IntegrationProprietary private markets research from Gain is available on the Bloomberg Terminal, providing deal-ready insights to Bloomberg's extensive user base of financial professionals.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• PitchBook: PitchBook, owned by Morningstar, is the dominant private-markets data and intelligence platform serving PE firms, VC, and M&A advisors. It is Gain's primary direct competitor, competing head-to-head on deal, investor, and company data coverage, with Gain positioning itself as the AI-native, internationally stronger alternative.
• Preqin: Preqin is a leading source of data and intelligence on the alternative assets market, including PE, VC, and private credit. It competes directly with Gain in providing investor profiles, fund data, and deal intelligence to institutional allocators and advisors.
• CB Insights: CB Insights provides market intelligence on private companies, deals, and tech markets, with a strong emphasis on tech and emerging-company signals. It overlaps with Gain's private-markets intelligence offering, particularly for corporate strategy and M&A use cases.
• Crunchbase: Crunchbase is a private-company intelligence platform widely used for deal sourcing, market mapping, and investor research. It is comparable to Gain in target users (PE, corporate development, advisors) but historically more focused on the venture and startup ecosystem.
• Mergermarket: Mergermarket provides M&A intelligence, deal tracking, and proprietary research for advisors and corporate development teams. It is directly comparable to Gain's M&A advisor segment, with overlap on deal databases and target screening.

Broad incumbents

• S&P Capital IQ Pro: S&P Capital IQ Pro is a broad financial data platform covering public and private companies, transactions, and investors, owned by S&P Global. It overlaps with Gain on private-company financials and deal intelligence, but as part of a much wider data suite serving large enterprise customers.
• FactSet: FactSet is a broad financial data and analytics platform for investment professionals, with capabilities spanning public and private markets. It competes with Gain at the intersection of financial intelligence and workflow tools, particularly for institutional PE and advisory customers.

Emerging players

• Intapp DealCloud: Intapp DealCloud is a CRM and deal management platform widely used by PE, M&A advisory, and legal firms. It is a strategic integration partner of Gain and overlaps on workflow functionality, though it is more focused on relationship and pipeline management than market intelligence.
• PrivCo: PrivCo provides private-company financial data and intelligence, with emphasis on US mid-market and larger private firms. It is comparable to Gain on financial data depth for private companies but has a narrower geographic and segment focus.
• Affinity: Affinity is a relationship intelligence platform that captures dealmaker networks and surfaces warm introductions. It is comparable to Gain's CRM-integration and workflow value proposition for PE and advisory users, though from a relationship-data rather than market-intelligence angle.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Gainpro1

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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