Data Enrichment for VC and PE Deal Sourcing
Deal sourcing is a race to the founder, and early-stage founders often aren't in B2B databases yet. Clu gets you verified founder and LP contacts and keeps your portfolio CRM current.
Clu People Search. The sentence "Owners, 10+ years in role, of bootstrapped facilities services companies with 51-200 staff and $10M-$50M revenue in Pennsylvania or New Jersey. One per company, not already in our deal pipeline." becomes 9 filters (Seniority: Owner / Partner, Years in role: 10+ years, Industry: Facilities Services, Company headcount: 51-200, Max results per company: 1, Annual revenue: $10M-$50M, Only at bootstrapped companies: No funding raised, State / province: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Exclude people already in my Clu: Deal pipeline), previews about 45 people and adds them to the list PA and NJ founder-owned.
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Venture Capital & Private Equity: where the data goes wrong.
The problems teams in this market bring to us most often.
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Founder contact data is sparse for early-stage companies
Early-stage founders often don't appear in B2B databases until the company has traction. By the time a standard provider lists them, the round may already be done.
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Portfolio company data gets stale fast
Portfolio companies hire leaders, move offices and add teams every quarter. A portfolio CRM that was right at one board meeting is out of date by the next.
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LPs and co-investors ignore generic outreach
LPs, family office principals and co-investors pick their meetings carefully. You need a verified email or phone number and a real reason to write.
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Competitive deal sourcing requires speed
In a competitive round, the first fund to make contact often wins the relationship. Every hour spent hunting for an email gives another fund a head start.
A Clu list called PA and NJ founder-owned enriched through the waterfall: 4 verified work emails and 3 phone numbers found for 4 leads, 34 credits in total. Rows with no phone number found cost nothing for that field.
Clu workflows for Venture Capital & Private Equity.
Each workflow links to the product behind it. The agent beside them runs this market's search every weekday and syncs the qualified people to your CRM.
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Deal sourcing contact discovery
Pull the founders, CEOs and CTOs at companies in your thesis, with verified emails and phone numbers so you reach them before other funds do.
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Portfolio company data enrichment
Re-enrich your portfolio contacts as companies grow and hire. Records for leadership, board members and functional heads stay accurate across the portfolio.
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LP and co-investor prospecting
Build lists of family office principals, endowment CIOs and fund-of-funds managers, with verified contact details for fundraising and co-investment outreach.
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Market mapping and thesis research
Score companies in your target sectors on headcount, funding stage and industry. The ones that fit your criteria surface before every other fund has them on a list.
A Clu agent named Weekly ICP outbound · PA and NJ founder-owned running its play step by step: Trigger, New people match your ICP · Every Monday, 31 in; Find People, Owner / Partner · 10+ years in role · Facilities Services · 51-200 employees · Max 1 per company · $10M-$50M revenue · Bootstrapped · Pennsylvania, New Jersey · Not in deal pipeline, 31 found; Qualification agent, Fit score 0-100 against your ICP, 17 qualified; Enrich, Email + Phone through the waterfall, 17 verified; Sync to HubSpot, Contact · assigned to the territory owner, 17 synced; Notify, Slack · #pipeline, Posted. Run summary: 31 found, 17 qualified, 17 synced, 0 duplicates.
Where the enriched record goes: your CRM both ways, or your sequencer.
HubSpot and Salesforce sync both ways over OAuth, field by field on your mapping, and an empty value never overwrites a filled one. Salesloft and Lemlist get a one-way push, or Clu Sequences sends from your reps' own inboxes.
HubSpot
Salesforce
Salesloft
LemlistHow does Clu help VC firms with deal sourcing?
People Search and enrichment find founders, CEOs and CTOs at companies that match your thesis. Search by industry, company size, location and funding stage, and get verified emails and phone numbers to reach founders before other funds do.
Does Clu cover early-stage startups?
Coverage improves once a startup has a website, a team page or any public presence. Pre-seed companies with no footprint have little data. Seed and Series A companies on their own domain are covered well, with 25+ providers checked for each founder.
Can Clu help with LP prospecting for fundraising?
Yes. Search for family office principals, endowment CIOs, pension fund managers and fund-of-funds decision makers. Results include verified email and phone details for fundraising outreach.
How does Clu support portfolio operations?
Re-enrich your portfolio contact database every quarter to pick up new hires, leadership changes and new contact details. Your portfolio CRM then holds up for board prep, talent introductions and strategic support.
Does Clu provide funding and financial data?
Some. Enrichment returns company size, industry, location and headcount, search filters by funding stage, and an AI column can research anything else per account. There's no technographic or revenue filter. For funding history, cap tables and financials, use PitchBook or Crunchbase, then get verified contacts from Clu.
Agents that run your GTM.
Type your market's buyer into People Search and run the first list on the trial.
14 days of Pro, free.