RocSearch

What RocSearch does

RocSearch, legally Aros Solutions Limited, is a UK-based business intelligence and research advisory firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Harrow/London. The firm delivers four core service lines — strategy research, technology research, investment research, and branding research — to a client base of 1,000+ customers across 20+ industry verticals, having completed more than 50,000 assignments over its 25+-year operating history.

The firm operates two proprietary platforms: RocEye, an AI-enabled deal origination product that uses NLP, machine learning, and a proprietary RocIndex scoring algorithm to algorithmically identify M&A targets for private equity and corporate buyers; and Digital Information Portals, custom research portals built for client-specific intelligence delivery. RocSearch supports these products with a global delivery footprint spanning the UK, US, Argentina, India, and Hong Kong, staffed by analysts with PhDs, MBAs, and CFA charterholders.

Commercially, RocSearch operates a hybrid model combining quote-based, multi-year bespoke research contracts with tiered Bronze/Silver/Gold subscription pricing for RocEye. The firm also runs a 600+-resource dedicated shared services center for a single Big Four professional services client, representing a material captive delivery operation. Third-party industry recognition includes listings from Pitchbook, the Black Book of Outsourcing, and Outsell.

Name

RocSearch

Legal name

Aros Solutions Limited

Website

https://rocsearch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

RocSearch is a UK-based business intelligence and research advisory firm serving 1,000+ clients across 20+ verticals with strategy, technology, investment, and branding research, supported by the AI-enabled RocEye deal origination platform and a global delivery footprint.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Software Publishers (51321)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

B2B SaaS & Enterprise Personalization (CRM, Sales, Support) (HDAAAGAJ)

Keywords

• Business intelligence research
• Market research services
• Investment advisory services
• Competitive intelligence analytics
• Knowledge process outsourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Harrow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advisory Services: Short-term advisory engagements with agile teams comprising domain specialists. Clients share objectives and requirements to obtain proposals covering execution approach, estimated effort and cost. Suitable for variable utilization needs.
2. Retained Teams: Virtual extended team resources working as extensions of client's in-house operations on annual contracts. Most dedicated teams retained continuously for over a decade. Flexible staffing based on client requirements with option to participate in selection process.
3. RocEye Subscription: Premium deal origination platform subscription with Bronze, Silver, and Gold plans offering different levels of qualified targets and confirmed meetings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

RocSearch is a Research & Advisory firm providing customised business intelligence by combining business and financial research with data science. It serves Fortune 500 companies, financial and professional services firms, government bodies and SMEs through bespoke Advisory engagements, long-term Retained (dedicated analyst) teams, and proprietary platforms including RocEye (deal origination) and Digital Information Portals, with additional branding research and support services.

Product overview

RocSearch is a business intelligence firm offering a portfolio of proprietary platforms and advisory service models. The core products are RocEye (a deal origination platform using NLP/machine learning for target identification) and Digital Information Portals (real-time industry research portals). These are delivered alongside two engagement models — Advisory Services (short-term specialist teams) and Retained Teams (dedicated virtual analyst teams) — plus subscription solutions and branding services. The overall offering is a platform-plus-services architecture rather than a single software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RocEye: A proprietary premium deal origination platform that provides access to qualified targets for buy, sell, restructuring and business development mandates to private equity, hedge funds, investment banks, corporate finance and restructuring advisory firms.

Quantifiable outcome

• Saves 1000+ man hours per deal
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Zinnov: Zinnov is a global management consulting firm providing strategy, investment research and digital advisory to technology and enterprise clients. It is comparable as a niche strategy and research advisory firm targeting enterprise and PE clients.

Broad incumbents

• EXL Service: EXL is a global analytics and digital solutions firm offering research, advisory and operations support to financial services and healthcare clients. Its research and analytics practice competes with RocSearch’s investment and market intelligence offerings.
• Genpact: Genpact is a large global professional services firm offering research, analytics, advisory and digital transformation services to financial services and enterprise clients. While much broader and better capitalised than RocSearch, it competes in many of the same research and analytics engagements.
• Bain & Company: Bain & Company is a top-tier global management consulting firm serving Fortune 500 corporates and PE clients with strategy, due diligence and M&A advisory. While at a vastly different scale, it competes with RocSearch in research and advisory support for enterprise and PE mandates.
• WNS Holdings: WNS is a global business process management and research/analytics services firm serving financial services, travel and consumer brands. It overlaps with RocSearch in research, analytics and KPO-style engagements for large enterprise clients.
• CRISIL (an S&P Global company): CRISIL provides ratings, research, analytics and advisory to global financial institutions, corporates and PE investors, including investment research and market intelligence at significantly larger scale. It is a much larger incumbent with overlapping offerings in research and advisory for financial services clients.

Direct peers

• SG Analytics: SG Analytics is a research and analytics provider offering investment research, market intelligence, data analytics and ESG services to financial services and corporate clients. It competes head-on with RocSearch in research-led advisory for PE and corporate clients.
• Evalueserve: Evalueserve is a global research, analytics and AI services firm offering investment research, market intelligence, advisory and KPO solutions to PE, IB and Fortune 500 clients. It is the closest direct competitor to RocSearch in terms of service mix, target customers and global delivery model.
• Aranca: Aranca is a research, analytics and advisory firm providing investment research, market intelligence, valuation and strategy support to PE firms, corporates and financial services clients globally. Its service portfolio, client base and KPO-style delivery model closely mirror RocSearch’s.

Regional players

• Avalon Consulting: Avalon Consulting is an India-based management consulting firm offering strategy, investment advisory and research services primarily to South Asian enterprises and PE clients. It is comparable as a regional peer in investment advisory and strategy research.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RocSearch_RS
• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/RocSearch/634507419982765
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rocsearch

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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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