Inquest

What Inquest does

Inquest is a Brazilian legal tech company founded in 2019 that provides AI-powered patrimonial and procedural intelligence for credit recovery, judicial execution, and pre-employment due diligence. The platform aggregates multiple public and official Brazilian data sources - including CPF/CNPJ registries, property and vehicle records, court proceedings, deeds, powers of attorney, and economic group mappings - into consolidated reports that identify hidden assets, unmask straw men (laranjas), and detect execution fraud and family collusion.

The product portfolio is structured as a price ladder segmented by case complexity and value: Report Preventivo (R$35) for HR and credit background checks delivered in minutes; Report Simples (R$49) for cases up to R$40K; Report Smart (R$397) for R$50K-R$200K cases with AI-driven predictive recovery strategy and automated extrajudicial notification; Report Smart Pro (R$997) for cases above R$200K combining 70% AI analysis with 30% human expert review and a video walkthrough; and Mapa de Calor (from R$200) for nationwide deed searches since 2006 that return all transaction parties. Docs Inquest handles official document retrieval and Inquest Plus (R$240/year) provides an annual subscription with portfolio-wide discounts and free monthly searches. A REST API exposes Report Preventivo with JSON responses optimized for LLM consumption, supporting integrations through Zapier, n8n, and Make.

Commercial operations combine a self-serve platform at report.inquest.tech (product-led growth for SMB and individual lawyers), a sales-assisted motion for complex Smart Pro cases, and an enterprise API channel for fintechs and banks. The company serves three primary segments - lawyers and law firms, HR/corporate due diligence teams, and financial institutions - with named customers including Itaú, Santander, Bradesco Seguros, C6 Bank, BV, Sicredi, Banco Original, Chubb, Allianz Partners, Polícia Federal, Whirlpool, and Johnson. Inquest reports 6,000+ active clients and claimed client outcomes of R$1.3 billion in debt recovered and R$200 million in labor liabilities avoided.

Name

Inquest

Legal name

Inquest

Website

https://inquest.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Inquest is a Brazilian legal tech platform that uses AI to consolidate public and official data into patrimonial and procedural reports, serving lawyers, HR departments, fintechs, and banks for credit recovery, asset discovery, and due diligence.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal technology - patrimonial intelligence

NAICS

Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation Support & Civil Investigations (Witness/Asset/Skip Tracing) (BPAKAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Domestic/Family & Matrimonial Investigations (BPAKAEAG), Litigation Support & Expert Witness (Valuation-Related) (BPAHANAG)

Keywords

• Asset investigation reports
• Patrimonial background checks
• Credit recovery intelligence
• Fraud detection services
• Legal data analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Conceição

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Report Sales: One-time purchase of specific reports based on case complexity. Report Preventivo (R$35), Report Simples (R$49), Report Smart (R$397), Mapa de Calor (from R$200), Report Smart Pro (R$997). Revenue recognized at point of delivery.
2. Inquest Plus Subscription: Annual subscription at R$240/year (R$20/month). Includes 10% discount on entire portfolio and 5 free searches per month (CPF, license plate, or telephone). Recurring revenue from frequent users including lawyers, fintechs and HR departments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Inquest provides AI-powered patrimonial and procedural intelligence reports for Brazilian individuals and companies (CPF/CNPJ), aggregating data from dozens of public and official sources including property registries, vehicles, lawsuits, protests, corporate ownership, and economic groups. Its tiered report portfolio spans background checks (Report Preventivo at R$35), essential data (Report Simples at R$49), AI-driven strategy recommendations (Report Smart at R$397), comprehensive investigations with human review (Report Smart Pro at R$997), and a proprietary Mapa de Calor tool that uniquely identifies straw men and family collusion through national deed and power-of-attorney searches since 2006.

Product overview

Inquest is a Brazilian legal tech platform offering AI-powered patrimonial and processual intelligence for credit recovery, legal proceedings, and pre-employment background checks. The portfolio consists of tiered reporting products: Report Simples (for small cases up to R$ 40k), Report Smart (AI-powered for medium cases R$ 50k-200k with predictive analysis and automated notifications), and Report Smart Pro (for complex cases above R$ 200k combining AI with human expert review and video explanations). Mapa de Calor provides fraud detection through national deed searches identifying execution fraud, straw men, and family collusion. Report Preventivo serves HR and companies for pre-hire background checks. Docs Inquest offers official document retrieval. Inquest Plus is a subscription add-on providing discounts and free monthly queries. An API enables integration with credit systems and workflow automation platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Report Simples: Entry-level patrimonial report for cases up to R$ 40,000. Delivers essential information with balanced depth including basic patrimony, vehicles, and judicial processes.
• Report Smart
• Report Smart Pro
• Mapa de Calor
• Inquest Plus
• Report Preventivo
• Docs Inquest

Products and services

• Report Preventivo Background check and candidate validation report for HR departments and companies, delivered in 5 minutes at R$35. Includes judicial and labor verification, complete cadastral analysis, professional and corporate history, financial and patrimonial risks, behavioral and reputational analysis, compliance and integrity review, and consolidated interpretable report.
• Report Simples Entry-level patrimonial report for cases up to R$40,000, available in up to 1 business day at R$49. Includes corporate data, lawsuits, addresses and phones, income estimate by address, brands, patents, and INPI registrations.
• Report Smart AI-powered intelligent analysis report for cases between R$50,000 and R$200,000, delivered in up to 2 business days at R$397. Includes AI technical recommendations, ready extrajudicial notification, deed and power of attorney search, Brazil-level state property search, FIPE vehicle table with restrictions, connection graphs, negatives, protests and score.
• Report Smart Pro Complete investigation with professional precision for cases above R$200,000, delivered in up to 7 business days at R$997. Combines 70% AI analysis with 30% human review and includes Brazil-wide deed and power of attorney search, Mapa de Calor included, property registry search, professional review, and an up to 20-minute explanatory video with recovery strategy.
• Mapa de Calor National search of digitized deeds and powers of attorney since 2006, offered from R$200. Identifies execution fraud, fraud against creditors, straw men (laranjas), and family collusion, returning parties involved in each transaction with book, page, and date details — a unique capability that competitors do not offer.
• Docs Inquest Official document retrieval service without bureaucracy, covering property registrations, corporate acts, and specific registry searches. Users provide CPF and municipality and the platform handles the request with the registry office for digital delivery.
• Inquest Plus Annual subscription at R$240/year (R$20/month) offering 10% discount on entire portfolio without usage limits, 5 free queries per month (CPF, license plate, or phone), and payback achieved with just 2 free consultations.

Quantifiable outcome

• R$ 1.3 billion recovered for clients through asset location and debt recovery services
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Serasa Experian: Brazil's dominant credit bureau, owned by Experian. Provides credit reports, scores, and identity verification to the same banks, fintechs, and HR buyers Inquest serves. Direct competitive overlap on background checks and KYC; Inquest differentiates on asset and procedural depth.
• Boa Vista SCPC: Major Brazilian credit bureau serving banks, retailers, and fintechs. Competes on credit reporting and debtor location, with deep distribution among financial institutions that overlap with Inquest's enterprise customers.
• ClearSale: Brazilian fraud prevention platform serving e-commerce and financial services. Overlaps with Inquest on fraud and identity signals for the same Brazilian fintech and enterprise customers, though focused on transaction fraud rather than asset and procedural research.
• LexisNexis Risk Solutions: Global background check, identity, and public records intelligence provider. Competes in adjacent verticals (legal services, insurance, financial services) with similar asset-locator and litigation-support products, and serves multinationals with Brazil exposure.
• Equifax: Global credit bureau with Brazil operations. Competes with Inquest on credit decisioning, KYC, and background screening for the same enterprise financial services and HR customers in Brazil.

Regional players

• CERC: Brazilian centralized credit register and asset registry operator focused on judicial recovery and credit information. Overlaps with Inquest on the procedural and asset data layers used by lawyers and creditors in Brazil.

Direct peers

• idwall: Brazilian identity verification and background check API provider focused on KYC, fraud prevention, and onboarding for fintechs and HR. Closest comparable in product (background check API) and customer base (Brazilian fintechs and HR departments).
• Neurotech: Brazilian AI/credit-decisioning company offering credit scoring, fraud prevention, and onboarding for banks and fintechs. Direct overlap on AI-driven credit analysis and KYC use cases targeted at the same enterprise customers Inquest serves.

Emerging players

• Konduto: Brazilian antifraud and digital identity startup acquired by Boa Vista. Provides risk scoring and behavioral analytics for e-commerce and fintech, partial overlap on fraud-prevention use cases with Inquest's Report Preventivo.
• Datasea (Knewin): Brazilian data and analytics platform offering background research, media monitoring, and people-search products. Adjacent competitor on background and due-diligence research for legal and HR buyers in Brazil.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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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