Dealert: Democratizing M&A Deal Intelligence

In today’s dynamic financial environment, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) remain one of the most powerful mechanisms for growth, innovation, and transformation. From multinational conglomerates acquiring innovative startups to family-run enterprises consolidating their market positions, the M&A market is bustling with strategic movements that shape the global economy. Yet, access to precise, reliable, and affordable deal intelligence has remained challenging for many investment professionals. Dealert has been created precisely to bridge this gap, democratizing access to robust, accurate, and actionable M&A insights for every finance professional—from private equity managers to M&A advisors, bankers, consultants, and academic researchers.

The Birth of Dealert: Bridging the M&A Information Gap

Dealert began as the vision of an experienced private equity professional frustrated by the cumbersome and costly nature of existing M&A databases. With over 14 years spent navigating the intricacies of investment deals, it became clear to the founder, Grigorii Budakov-Shetelia, that M&A knowledge should not be confined to large corporations and expensive enterprise-level software solutions.

The financial world thrives on knowledge, but traditionally, accessing high-quality M&A deal data came at a significant price, often affordable only to well-resourced financial institutions. Smaller firms, independent advisors, and even researchers found themselves struggling to access meaningful deal analytics. Recognizing this fundamental inequality, Grigorii sought a way to create an intuitive, accessible, and powerful M&A deal database for professionals at all levels. Hence, Dealert was born.

Democratizing Data: The Dealert Approach

At its core, Dealert is more than just another financial database—it’s a paradigm shift. Its central proposition is simple yet revolutionary: provide unparalleled access to comprehensive, global M&A transaction database at an accessible price point, leveling the playing field for professionals worldwide.

Dealert’s coverage extends far beyond typical small-cap or mid-market transactions. It captures a vast spectrum of deals—from local family-business successions to global multi-billion-dollar acquisitions. This inclusivity allows users from diverse backgrounds to analyze deal patterns, investment trends, and strategic movements across the entire market landscape.

To be actionable, data must not only be extensive but also precise, accurate, and timely. Dealert’s advanced data collection methodologies integrate AI-driven aggregation technologies, human verification, and robust data analytics to ensure the most accurate information possible. Users benefit from real-time updates, ensuring they never miss a critical deal announcement or market-moving event.

Dealert’s intuitive interface significantly reduces the learning curve traditionally associated with financial databases. Users can swiftly find what they’re looking for, create customized deal alerts, and quickly dive into detailed transaction analysis with intuitive filtering and searching capabilities.

Who Benefits from Dealert?

Dealert serves a diverse user base, offering customized value propositions to different professionals involved in the M&A ecosystem.

Private Equity and Investment Professionals

Investment managers, PE analysts, and deal teams must continually track the market landscape, competitors, and opportunities. Dealert equips private equity and investment professionals with comprehensive insights into acquisition trends, competitor portfolios, deal multiples, and target sectors, enabling them to make quicker and more informed decisions.

Whether they’re monitoring potential add-ons for a buy-and-build strategy or assessing the exit environment for portfolio companies, Dealert delivers timely and strategic insights directly into their workflows.

Bankers and M&A Advisors

Bankers and advisors rely heavily on accurate and timely market intelligence to provide high-value advisory services. Dealert offers comprehensive data to identify deal precedents, benchmark valuations, monitor industry movements, and discover potential buyers or sellers. This significantly enhances their ability to serve clients, structure compelling pitches, and execute transactions more effectively.

Consultants and Market Researchers

Market research and strategic consultancy depend on reliable market data to formulate credible insights and deliver actionable recommendations. Dealert’s database offers an unparalleled depth of historical and contemporary deal data, enabling consultants and analysts to spot trends, perform sector-specific research, benchmark competitor performance, and support strategy formulation.

Academic Researchers and Students

Academic researchers, professors, and students often struggle to access professional-grade M&A data. Dealert solves this issue by providing affordable subscriptions tailored for research purposes, empowering academic institutions and researchers with high-quality data to conduct rigorous research and training, thus cultivating the next generation of M&A professionals.

Advanced Features Designed for Productivity

Dealert goes beyond basic deal tracking, providing a comprehensive suite of advanced features designed specifically to support productivity, ease of analysis, and strategic decision-making:

Customizable Deal Alerts

Dealert users can set up personalized alerts tailored to their specific requirements—whether they’re interested in certain sectors, transaction sizes, specific geographies, or company types. With customizable alerts delivered in real-time, users always stay ahead of significant market movements.

Robust Search and Filtering Capabilities

Dealert features an advanced search system allowing users to filter deals by size, industry sector, geography, buyer type, seller profile, and even strategic rationale. Such granularity saves professionals valuable hours otherwise spent manually tracking and evaluating transactions.

Comprehensive Valuation Analysis Tools

Valuation is critical in every M&A transaction. Dealert incorporates powerful analytical tools allowing users to benchmark deals by EBITDA multiples, revenue multiples, and sector-specific valuation metrics. Users gain instant insights into market-driven valuations, providing critical leverage during negotiations or internal reporting.

Easy Export and Reporting Capabilities

Dealert makes reporting and presentation effortless with one-click data exports into formats like Excel, CSV, and PDF. Users can quickly and seamlessly integrate deal data into their own reports, presentations, or pitchbooks, simplifying their workflow and enhancing productivity.

Security and Reliability at the Core

Data security and reliability are paramount concerns, particularly within the sensitive context of investment transactions. Dealert adopts best-in-class data encryption and strict confidentiality measures, ensuring user information remains secure. Regular security audits, robust SSL certificates, and stringent data governance standards help maintain the utmost data integrity and user confidence.

Continuous Evolution: Listening to Our Community

What truly differentiates Dealert from other platforms is its continuous evolution. Dealert prioritizes listening to its users, continually adapting features and functions based on user feedback. This agile approach ensures Dealert remains relevant, responsive, and tailored precisely to the needs of its community.

Grigorii Budakov-Shetelia emphasizes this point: “We aren’t merely building a static database—we’re fostering a community-driven platform. Our users’ insights shape our roadmap. Their challenges become our innovations.”

Dealert’s Vision for the Future

Dealert’s ultimate goal goes beyond merely capturing and displaying transactional data. Instead, it aims to become a cornerstone tool for the entire M&A industry—a place where insightful market analysis, powerful tools, collaboration, and innovation intersect seamlessly. Future enhancements include advanced predictive analytics features powered by machine learning, furthering users’ ability to anticipate market trends and opportunities proactively.

Moreover, Dealert is committed to supporting sustainability and responsible investing trends by highlighting deals focused on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) criteria. Such capabilities position Dealert not only as a platform of choice for today’s financial professionals but as a forward-thinking solution aligned with global trends in responsible investing.

Unlock Your Competitive Advantage with Dealert

In the fast-paced, constantly evolving world of mergers and acquisitions, knowledge is power. With Dealert, investment professionals finally have a powerful, accessible tool that brings comprehensive, precise, and timely deal intelligence directly to their fingertips. This democratization of M&A knowledge fosters greater transparency, efficiency, and strategic foresight across the entire investment ecosystem.

Dealert isn’t just reshaping the way professionals track and analyze transactions—it is redefining the way deals get done. In the words of its Founder, “Dealert is more than a database—it’s a community, a strategic asset, and a catalyst for more informed, intelligent, and successful investments.”

By making sophisticated M&A insights universally accessible, Dealert empowers professionals at all levels, driving smarter investment decisions, greater market clarity, and ultimately, enhanced investment outcomes for everyone involved.

Unlock your competitive advantage today. Discover Dealert and join us in shaping the future of M&A deal intelligence.