HedgeLists

What HedgeLists does

HedgeLists is a privately held, bootstrapped data company founded in 2009 and headquartered in Rohnert Park, California. It sells downloadable Excel and CSV databases of hedge fund and asset manager contact information, offering 11 country-specific lists, 6 regional lists, and 10 strategy-specific lists covering over 4,939 hedge funds across 89+ countries. The core product is a database with 40+ verified data fields per fund — including executive direct emails, LinkedIn URLs, AUM, strategy tags, year founded, employee count, and SEC registration status — researched in-house and refreshed every 30-60 days, with 15,062+ verified email addresses across the global dataset.

The company operates a pure self-serve e-commerce model: customers browse lists on hedgelists.com, pay via Authorize.net credit-card checkout, and download Excel/CSV files immediately. Pricing ranges from $77 (smaller country lists such as Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, and Japan) to $1,665 (the Global list), with each purchase including 12 months of free monthly updates and a 30-day money-back or best-price guarantee. There is no sales team, no subscription billing, and no recurring fees. Go-to-market relies on SEO-optimized product pages, a free sample download, and an interactive Live Data Explorer on the website.

HedgeLists targets sales and business development teams, marketing teams, and financial researchers and consultants who need verified direct contact information for hedge fund managers. The company's homepage displays enterprise customers including JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg, HSBC, Barclays, UBS, Deloitte, McKinsey, and Moody's as users of its data, though its primary monetization is at low price points accessible to SMBs, individual professionals, and recruiters. The value proposition is positioned explicitly against enterprise databases like Preqin, PitchBook, and Bloomberg, which charge $10,000+/year for subscriptions.

Name

HedgeLists

Legal name

HedgeLists

Website

https://hedgelists.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

HedgeLists is a privately held, bootstrapped data company that sells downloadable Excel and CSV databases of hedge fund contacts and firm data. It serves sales, marketing, and research teams globally via self-serve one-time purchases starting at $77 per list.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rohnert Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. One-Time Data List Sales: One-time purchase model for downloadable hedge fund lists. Each list is purchased once with a one-time fee covering immediate download and 12 months of free monthly updates. No subscription, recurring charges, or rebilling. Price ranges from $77 (smallest lists) to $1,665 (Global list).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

HedgeLists sells downloadable Excel and CSV databases of hedge funds and asset managers, providing 40+ verified data fields per fund (company name, address, phone, fax, website, executive contacts with direct emails, LinkedIn URLs, AUM, strategies, year founded, employee count, SEC registration). The product portfolio covers 4,939+ hedge funds across 89+ countries, organized by country (11 lists including Global), region (6 lists), and investment strategy (10 lists), with 12 months of free monthly updates and CRM-ready format.

Product overview

HedgeLists is a downloadable hedge fund database company that provides verified contact and firm information on hedge funds globally. The core offering consists of Excel and CSV files containing 40+ fields of data per fund (company name, address, phone, fax, website URL, executive contacts with direct emails, AUM, strategies, year founded, employee count, LinkedIn URLs, and more). The product portfolio includes three main categories of lists organized by: (1) Country - 11 lists covering major hedge fund markets (US, UK, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Singapore, Canada, Australia, Japan, China, Brazil, plus Global); (2) Region - 6 lists covering North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, South America, and Africa; and (3) Strategy - 10 lists segmented by investment approach (Fixed Income/Credit, Commodities, Fund of Funds, Long/Short Equity, Global Macro, Event Driven, Emerging Markets, Energy, Multi-Strategy, Real Estate). The flagship product is the Global Hedge Fund List covering 4,939+ funds across 89+ countries. All lists include 12 months of free monthly updates and are delivered in both .xls (Excel) and .csv formats compatible with CRM systems like Salesforce and HubSpot.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Global Hedge Fund List Comprehensive downloadable database of 4,939+ hedge funds across 89+ countries with 40+ verified data fields per fund including contact details, AUM, investment strategies, and executive information. Delivered as Excel and CSV files. Priced at $1,665 (original $2,495).
• United States Hedge Fund List Database of 2,830+ US hedge funds with 40 data fields per fund including 8,857 verified email addresses, phone numbers, AUM figures, investment strategies, year founded, employee counts, and LinkedIn URLs. Priced at $697 (original $995).
• United Kingdom Hedge Fund List Database of 582 UK hedge funds with 1,863 verified email addresses and 40 data fields including contact details, AUM, strategies, and firm information. Priced at $187 (original $250).
• Hong Kong Hedge Fund List Database of 240+ Hong Kong hedge funds with 663 verified email addresses and comprehensive contact data for Asia-focused fund managers. Priced at $137 (original $199).
• Switzerland Hedge Fund List Database of 182 Swiss hedge funds with 531 verified email addresses covering managers in Zurich, Geneva, Zug, and other Swiss financial centers.
• Singapore Hedge Fund List Database of 107 Singapore hedge funds with 310 verified email addresses covering Southeast Asia's leading hedge fund hub. Priced at $97 (original $150).
• Canada Hedge Fund List Database of 127 Canadian hedge funds with 424 verified email addresses covering managers across Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and other Canadian cities. Priced at $77 (original $99).
• Australia Hedge Fund List Database of 112 Australian hedge funds with 359 verified email addresses covering managers in Sydney, Melbourne, and other Australian financial centers. Priced at $77 (original $99).
• Japan Hedge Fund List Database of 55 Japanese hedge funds with 142 verified email addresses covering managers in Tokyo, Osaka, and other Japanese cities. Priced at $77.
• China Hedge Fund List Database of 54 Chinese hedge funds with 130 verified email addresses covering managers in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, and other Chinese financial centers. Priced at $77.
• Brazil Hedge Fund List Database of 57 Brazilian hedge funds with 148 verified email addresses covering managers in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
• Region-Specific Hedge Fund Lists Downloadable Excel and CSV lists of hedge funds grouped by geographic regions covering North America (2,971 funds), Europe (1,132 funds), Asia (609 funds), Middle East (49 funds), South America (67 funds), and Africa (33 funds), with 40+ verified data fields per fund.
• Strategy-Specific Hedge Fund Lists Downloadable Excel and CSV lists segmented by investment strategy including Fixed Income/Credit (890 funds), Commodities (595 funds), Fund of Hedge Funds (527 funds), Long/Short Equity (604 funds), Global Macro (371 funds), Event Driven (336 funds), Emerging Markets (320 funds), Energy (119 funds), Multi-Strategy (405 funds), and Real Estate (414 funds).

Quantifiable outcome

• 4,939+ hedge funds across 89+ countries with 15,062+ verified email addresses
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BarclayHedge: BarclayHedge provides hedge fund and CTA databases with performance attribution and indices. It is a directly comparable data product for the same hedge fund universe HedgeLists covers.
• PitchBook: PitchBook provides comprehensive data and research on private capital markets (VC, PE, and M&A) with adjacent hedge fund coverage. Same enterprise subscription model and same buyer personas as HedgeLists, but with a much broader data footprint.
• Eurekahedge: Eurekahedge tracks more than 20,000 alternative investment funds with AUM, strategy, and performance data. It is a directly comparable hedge-fund database vendor targeting institutional and research buyers.
• Preqin: Preqin is the leading global data provider for alternative investments, covering hedge funds, private equity, and infrastructure. It directly overlaps HedgeLists' hedge fund coverage with deeper AUM, performance, and fund-level data, sold via enterprise subscriptions starting in the $10K+/year range.
• Hedge Fund Research (HFR): HFR is a primary source for hedge fund industry data, indexes, and performance analytics with an extensive hedge fund database. While HFR emphasizes performance and index data, its underlying coverage overlaps with HedgeLists' contact/firm-level universe.

Broad incumbents

• FactSet: FactSet is a broad incumbent in financial data and analytics serving institutional investors. It overlaps with HedgeLists at the enterprise end of the market via its integrated data feeds, though its coverage is far wider than hedge fund contact info.
• ZoomInfo: ZoomInfo is the dominant B2B contact and company intelligence platform with global coverage of executives and firms. While not hedge-fund-specific, its model of verified contact data sold via subscription to enterprise sales/marketing teams is the closest broad analog to HedgeLists' GTM.
• Bloomberg: Bloomberg Terminal is the broadest incumbent in financial data, and Bloomberg is also a named customer of HedgeLists. The platform competes on adjacent data workflows (people, firm info, AUM) bundled into a much larger enterprise product.

Emerging players

• Apollo.io: Apollo.io is an AI-driven sales intelligence and engagement platform with a large B2B contact database. It overlaps with HedgeLists in serving sales and marketing teams targeting financial services, and represents a more software-native threat to one-shot file purchases.
• Crunchbase: Crunchbase is a database of companies, investors, and people primarily covering startups and venture capital. While not a direct competitor in hedge funds, it represents the same downloadable-data-meets-CRM workflow for a different financial-services vertical.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hedgelists

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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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