SourceScrub

SourceScrub is a deal sourcing platform that continuously crawls hundreds of thousands of web sources to identify and profile private companies for private equity, investment banking, corporate development, and consulting users. The company states its platform connects roughly 17 million companies with a network of about 290,000 sources, including lists, directories, and conference materials^[1].

Based in San Francisco, SourceScrub was acquired by Datasite in August 2025 from private equity firm Francisco Partners, with its data and capabilities slated for integration into Datasite's Grata platform^[2].

What It Does

SourceScrub markets itself with the tagline Never Miss a Deal, describing a continuous origination process that discovers private companies across the web, links them to the sources where they appear, and surfaces them in an AI-powered platform for discovery, tracking, and engagement of acquisition targets^[1].

Use cases listed by the company include deal origination, market intelligence, contact databases, CRM enrichment and integrations, conference planning, relationship building, target monitoring, and research^[1].

Data And Methodology

The platform's approach is described as sources-first: rather than starting from a company database, it weaves companies together with the roughly 290,000 online sources and curated lists where they can be found, applying a Profile+ quality standard of deep profiles and multi-source validation^[1].

Human-in-the-loop data operations support list building, enrichment, and custom research on demand, complementing the automated crawling^[1].

Buyers And Use Cases

The company claims more than 700 customer companies and states that 35 of the top 40 firms in its market use the platform, with displayed client logos including TA Associates, Permira, General Catalyst, CVC, Raymond James, and JMI Equity^[1].

A UserEvidence survey of customers cited by the company reports average improvements of 51.7 percent in research turnaround time and a 36.8 percent share of deal pipelines sourced from the platform^[1].

History

On August 8, 2025, Datasite, the M&A workflow software provider controlled by CapVest Partners, announced its acquisition of SourceScrub from Francisco Partners. Co-founder Prescott Nasser described the combination as creating a superior dataset and network, and Sourcescrub's capabilities were slated for integration into Grata, which Datasite had acquired earlier in 2025^[2].

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