How CapitalDart compares
Where placement agents, databases, and AI tools fit, and where they do not. A complete side-by-side.
Companies raising capital have three real choices today, plus a growing set of AI-powered tools. Placement agents and investment banks are the traditional path: deep relationships, full service, expensive. Subscription databases like PitchBook give you names and let you do the work. New AI tools promise faster matching, mostly for seed-stage SaaS founders.
CapitalDart is built for everything in between and beyond: lower middle market companies, fund GPs, real estate sponsors, structured credit issuers, and any institutional raise that needs both a curated database and outreach written in an institutional voice.
- What it is
- AI-powered institutional capital raise platform with a curated 70,000+ contact database
- Pricing
- $500 Starter (100 credits, 3 runs). $1,000 Growth (250 credits, 6 runs). $1,750 Scale (500 credits, 12 runs). No retainer. No placement fee. No tail.
- Time to outreach-ready
- 15 to 25 minutes
- Investor database
- 70,000+ institutional contacts, contact-level detail
- Asset class coverage
- PE, VC, real estate, structured credit, specialty finance, family offices, pensions, insurance, sovereign wealth, infrastructure
- Outreach written for you
- Yes, institutional banker voice. No em dashes. No AI-tells.
- Investor Readiness Report
- Full 15-section IRR, slide-by-slide review
- Pipeline tracking
- Built-in status funnel
- Best for
- Lower middle market companies, fund GPs raising Fund I through III, real estate sponsors, and alternative asset issuers raising $5M and up.
- What it is
- Sell-side advisory firms running fundraises for institutional issuers
- Pricing
- 2–3% placement fee + $15–25K/mo retainer + 0.5–1% tail fees
- Time to outreach-ready
- 3–6 months
- Investor database
- Personal networks built over decades
- Asset class coverage
- PE funds, VC funds, fund-of-funds
- Outreach written for you
- Yes, by senior bankers
- Investor Readiness Report
- Yes, by team
- Pipeline tracking
- Quarterly reports
- Best for
- Funds raising $200M+ with bandwidth for a 12–18 month engagement
- What it is
- Subscription investor research databases
- Pricing
- $15K–$50K per year per seat
- Time to outreach-ready
- You write everything yourself
- Investor database
- 100K+ firm-level entries
- Asset class coverage
- Varies (PitchBook: PE/VC, Preqin: alts, Crunchbase: startups)
- Outreach written for you
- No
- Investor Readiness Report
- No
- Pipeline tracking
- No
- Best for
- Internal investor research teams with bandwidth to write all outreach
- What it is
- AI-powered investor matching and outreach platforms
- Pricing
- Free to $999/mo or per-analysis fees
- Time to outreach-ready
- 1–4 weeks
- Investor database
- 10K–20K names, VC-skewed
- Asset class coverage
- SaaS, seed-stage tech
- Outreach written for you
- Yes, founder-friendly tone
- Investor Readiness Report
- Partial (basic deck scoring)
- Pipeline tracking
- Varies by tool
- Best for
- Seed-stage tech founders raising from VCs
Try it. One run is free.
Upload your deck, see the matched investor list, the Investor Readiness Report, and the outreach drafts. No credit card. No commitment.