Deals and financial transactions offer a powerful lens to track investment activity, uncover trends, and make informed decisions. We compile deal activity daily, creating the world's most comprehensive source of impact investment data. Our Global Deal Taxonomy provides a standardized classification system for financial transactions and deals.
This article covers:
Track Individual Deals in Your Focus Areas
Use the menu to access shortcuts to pre-built filters for Venture Capital, M&A, and Capital Markets activity. These filters can be further customized to show broader or more specific funding activity.
Popular filters for Deals are:
Date: Narrow down results to a specific timeframe.
Industry Taxonomy - Focus on sectors, sub-sectors, and clusters.
Geography - Filter by region, sub-region, or country.
Deal Taxonomy - Categorize by category and sub-category.
Analyze and Draw Insights from Aggregated Data in the Studio
The Studio provides robust visualization and aggregation tools to help analyze funding activity. Popular tools include
Circle Pack Chart: Visualize relationships and hierarchy.
Vertical Bar Chart: Compare data across categories.
Time Based Vertical Bar Chart: Identify trends over time.
Time Based Scatter Chart: Highlight correlations and outliers.
Pre-built charts from our Intelligence Unit serve as great starting points for customization to meet your specific needs.
Get a Bird's-Eye View of Global Funding Activity via Deal Heatmaps
The Heatmap tab offers an intuitive way to visualize financial activity. Start with a broad overview to identify macro trends, or use filters like geography, deal class, and sector to zero in on specific insights.
Identify the Most Active Investors via Portfolio Maps
Navigate to the Portfolio Maps section within the Funding menu to observe the recent or trending activities of key investment players. This feature is particularly useful for examining an organization's investments or portfolio companies in detail.
Explore Pre-Built Deal Lists or Create Custom Sets of Deals
Create active or static deal lists tailored to your needs. Just like creating lists for organizations or developments, you can explore pre-built options or customize your own. For detailed instructions, refer to our Build a Custom List Help Article.
By leveraging these tools, you can gain a deeper understanding of funding activity and drive more informed decisions in your focus areas.