Sacra

Private Markets Research Platformsacra.com

Company typePrivate
Founded2020
HeadquartersNew York, United States
Headcount1–10
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

What Sacra does

Sacra is a private markets research and data platform that produces original analyst coverage of growth-stage and pre-IPO companies and makes that coverage available through a self-serve website, a programmatic API, and an MCP server. The platform is organized around four core products — Company & Market Reports, Expert Interviews, a Q&A on-demand research service, and a Community section — supported by Share & Export, Custom Research, and Revenue Signals features. Distribution layers include direct web access at sacra.com, a TypeScript SDK with API-key authentication, an MCP server that exposes eight tools for Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor, and integrations with Slack and an Email Agent that bring research into existing workflows. The company monetizes primarily through a $50/month standard subscription tier for individuals, with API access and Custom Research serving as additional revenue streams aimed at enterprise developers building marketplaces, investing apps, wealth management platforms, and research tools.

Sacra is privately held, headquartered in New York, and operates with 1-10 employees. It was founded in 2020 by Walter Chen (co-founder & CEO), Jan-Erik Asplund (co-founder), Nan Wang, and Conor Gleeson, and its only disclosed funding event is a $25,000 pre-seed round in October 2020 from Bossa Invest, Coughdrop Capital, Carta, Expansion Venture Capital, and Hustle Fund. The customer base is anchored on individual investors, venture capitalists, and operators who use Sacra for due diligence, secondary trading decisions, and competitive analysis, while developers integrate Sacra's API and MCP tools into downstream investment and research products.

Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed. Sacra's competitive positioning rests on combining proprietary research production with API and AI-assistant distribution, effectively "open-sourcing" hedge-fund-style analyst memos into structured, queryable data products. Named advocates include VCs and operators such as Elizabeth Yin, Kyle Harrison, Harvey Multani, Dave Ambrose, Suneet Bhatt, and Len Markidan.

Sacra firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Sacra
Legal name: Sacra
Website: https://sacra.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2020
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 1–10 employees
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Where Sacra is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: New York
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Markets served

Sacra business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Software
Cost components: Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

Subscription Access: Sacra operates on a subscription model providing access to private markets research and data. The standard access tier is priced at $50/month and includes company and market reports, expert interviews, community access, and questions functionality. The platform provides valuation models, expert interviews, and founder/unding information.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Monthly	Standard access subscription at $50/month

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Sacra product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Sacra is a private markets research and data platform that publishes in-depth company and market reports on growth-stage and pre-IPO companies. It also offers expert interviews with operators, revenue and financial models, curated news, and programmatic data access via a public API and a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI assistants.

Product overview

Sacra is a private markets research and data platform providing a unified offering of company reports, expert interviews, on-demand Q&A research, and programmatic API access. The platform centers on original research covering growth-stage and pre-IPO companies for investors and builders. Core components include Company & Market Reports (static memos and revenue models), Expert Interviews, a Q&A system for on-demand research, and a Community feature. Access is available through a subscription service ($50/month), programmatically via the Sacra API, and through AI assistants using the Sacra MCP Server which connects to Claude and ChatGPT. The platform also offers Share & Export capabilities and Custom Research add-on services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Company & Market Reports Subscription-based in-depth research reports on private growth-stage and pre-IPO companies, including financial and revenue analysis, for investors and operators.
Expert Interviews Transcripts and recordings of interviews with operators, founders, and industry experts covering private and growth-stage companies.
Q&A (On-Demand Research) On-demand research service where subscribers can submit questions about private companies and receive analyst-vetted answers backed by citations.
Custom Research Bespoke, paid research engagements tailored to a client's specific questions on private companies and markets, delivered by Sacra's research team.
Sacra API Public API providing programmatic access to Sacra's structured company, market, and revenue dataset for integration into customer applications and workflows.
Sacra MCP Server Model Context Protocol server that allows supported AI assistants to retrieve Sacra's company research, revenue estimates, and market data through natural-language queries.

Companies that use Sacra

Customer profile

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Sacra technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: Yes
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Sacra partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

Anthropic (Claude)coreTechnology or IntegrationSacra provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integration that connects to Claude web. Users can access Sacra's private markets research directly within Claude conversations by adding a custom connector with the remote MCP Server URL https://mcp.sacra.com/mcp
OpenAI (ChatGPT)coreTechnology or IntegrationSacra provides an MCP server connection to ChatGPT through the OpenAI platform. Users connect by enabling Developer Mode in ChatGPT settings and configuring the Sacra MCP Server URL

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Sacra competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Broad incumbents

S&P Capital IQ Pro: S&P Capital IQ Pro is a financial data and research platform covering public and private companies, transactions, and executives, used by large enterprise customers for due diligence. It competes with Sacra for enterprise and institutional customers doing private company research, though it has broader public-company focus.
PitchBook: PitchBook is the dominant private markets data platform, providing VC, PE, and M&A intelligence on private companies and deals. It competes with Sacra for the same investor audience but skews toward late-stage and institutional customers, whereas Sacra focuses on growth-stage and pre-IPO coverage.
Morningstar PitchBook / Morningstar Investor: Morningstar acquired PitchBook and is a broad financial data and research incumbent across public and private markets. It competes with Sacra across investor and enterprise segments, though Morningstar's private markets coverage is concentrated in PitchBook and skews to late-stage, institutional users.

Direct peers

PrivCo: PrivCo is a data provider focused on private company financials, M&A transactions, and VC deal data, primarily serving investors, M&A advisors, and corporate development teams. It competes with Sacra's revenue and valuation data products for similar investor personas.
The Information: The Information is a subscription-based tech and business news outlet that produces original, deeply reported journalism on technology companies, including pre-IPO coverage. It competes with Sacra for paying readers interested in exclusive, analyst-quality coverage of private companies.
Crunchbase: Crunchbase is a leading platform for discovering private company information, funding rounds, and investors, serving a similar SMB and individual investor base as Sacra. Both platforms provide structured data plus editorial coverage of private companies, though Crunchbase has a much larger dataset and freemium model.
CB Insights: CB Insights is a market intelligence platform covering private companies, venture funding, tech markets, and emerging trends with proprietary research and analyst reports. It is a direct competitor to Sacra's combination of original research and data on private companies, though CB Insights focuses more on enterprise and tech market intelligence.
Tegus: Tegus operated an expert call network and research platform for investors, providing primary research on private companies through transcripts of expert interviews. Its acquisition by AlphaSense created a combined competitor to Sacra's expert interview product and on-demand research offering.
Tracxn: Tracxn is a market intelligence platform that tracks startups, private companies, and emerging sectors with a global research team producing reports and datasets. It is a direct competitor to Sacra in the SMB/investor segment, with a similar combination of structured data and analyst-written research reports.
AlphaSense: AlphaSense is a market intelligence and search platform for businesses, combining proprietary research, expert calls (via Tegus), and AI-powered search across documents. It directly competes with Sacra's API/research offering for enterprise customers doing private market research and due diligence.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Sacra financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Sacra leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Sacra funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors6 records

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

Sacra M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about Sacra

What does Sacra do?

Is Sacra a public or private company?

Sacra is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.

When was Sacra founded?

Sacra was founded in 2020. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is Sacra based?

Sacra is headquartered in New York, United States, in the North America region.

How does Sacra make money?

One revenue line is on record: subscription Access.

Who are Sacra's main competitors?

Broad incumbents on record are S&P Capital IQ Pro, PitchBook and Morningstar PitchBook / Morningstar Investor. Direct peers are PrivCo, The Information, Crunchbase, CB Insights, Tegus, Tracxn and AlphaSense.

Does Sacra have an API?

Yes. Sacra's API provides programmatic access to private company research and data including revenue estimates, valuations, funding rounds, research documents, and news. It powers marketplaces, investing apps, wealth management platforms, and research tools. Authentication uses API keys via Authorization header (Token format). The MCP server exposes eight tools: search, get_all_company_domains, get_company_profile, get_revenue_signals, get_funding_rounds_for_company, get_news_for_company, get_document_content, and get_category_items. Developer documentation is at docs.sacra.com.