Inven for Corporate Development
Map the acquisition universe
Walk into every meeting knowing the full market was considered — with data traceable to source. Define your thesis and map every relevant private company globally with ownership, size, growth signals, and financials.
- Qualify before you engage and get answers at scale
- Track your market continuously
- Create competitor benchmarks
“Market research tools tend to produce a lot of noise before a case even starts. Inven gives my team a clean, relevant universe from the first search. That's where the time savings really compound.”
Why Inven
The intelligence advantage for your M&A team
Access 28M+ companies globally and identify off-market targets before they run a process. Get the full picture — growth signals, M&A activity, and strategic fit — in one place.
Skip rigid filters. Describe your strategic rationale in plain language and Inven generates targeted company lists matched to your sector, size, and acquisition criteria.
Get access to the world's leading contact data and start building meaningful relationships with founders and owners directly.
Built for Corporate M&A
Source smarter, close faster
Map the whole market
Access 28M+ companies, screen the entire lower and middle market, and evaluate strategic fit with key financial and ownership data points.
Founder-owned, PE-backed, VC-backed, or public
Headcount expansion, revenue growth, and other indicators of acquisition readiness
Historical transactions, acquisitions, and funding rounds to map the competitive landscape
Headquarters and operating locations to assess geographic fit with your strategy
Search the way you think
Brief Inven like you'd brief your strategy team. Inven understands the context and instantly generates targeted acquisition lists and market maps aligned to your corporate development mandate.
Identify owners preparing to sell or companies approaching a transaction or funding event
Generate custom data points tailored to your sector, geography, and acquisition criteria
Built for M&A workflows
Connect Inven to your existing tools and manage your acquisition pipeline directly in them.
Push targets directly into your CRM for a seamless workflow, export company lists to Excel or presentation-ready PowerPoint slides, and connect directly to your AI tools with Inven's custom MCP
Track and manage acquisition opportunities from initial screening to deal close
Quicker insights, better deal flow
1,000+ leading M&A firms use Inven to uncover private markets globally.
28M+
Companies globally indexed
Every major market and emerging opportunity included
3M+
Transactions
Deal signals across all sectors in real time
430M+
Verified professional contacts
Decision makers mapped with current roles
160+
Markets with active coverage
No blind spots where deals actually happen
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Stop searching,
start finding
See how Inven turns hours of manual research into a single, structured workflow.