Inven
Inven is an AI platform for company analysis that scans millions of websites to find similar companies and deliver comprehensive private market data.
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What is Inven?
Inven is an AI-native deal sourcing platform designed to uncover opportunities across the global private market. The platform consolidates and analyzes data on 28+ million companies across 160+ countries, providing detailed insights and predictive signals that indicate when a company may be preparing to sell. Inven leverages advanced AI and NLP models to analyze millions of websites and data sources (from company websites to government registers, news articles, blogs, and social media), extracting relevant business data and making it easy for professionals to find and analyze companies operating in any niche.
Key features include AI-powered search that makes research and sourcing smarter and faster, predictive intent signals to spot opportunities before others do, access to 3+ million transactions and 430+ million contacts, company insights covering growth, locations, ownership, transactions, contact data, and revenue estimates, ownership type and business model data, financial data estimates, news data for a 360° market view, people search with decision-maker contact data, investor and deal search with latest transactions, and the ability to search with a single example company to find all relevant companies. The platform supports the entire M&A sourcing workflow from first search to prioritized outreach and pipeline management.
Inven is trusted by over 1,000 firms worldwide, including 600+ to 850+ private equity firms, investment banks, corporate M&A teams, consultants, and VCs. It is built for ambitious professionals in consulting, business brokers, investment banking, private equity, corporate development, and search funds. The platform helps users source deals 10x faster, find 30% more targets compared to other platforms, identify 3x more buyers per project, and reduce sourcing time from days to minutes. Companies like Makanta Services increased coverage of relevant acquisition targets by 10x, Edgehill Management closed acquisitions 40% faster than industry median, and Lexar Partners reduced sourcing and outreach time dramatically.
Inven pricing
Pricing model: Free
Inven does not offer a publicly listed free tier. Pricing is request-based and not displayed on the website. The platform offers a Core plan described as 'Full market visibility for small-to-medium sized teams' with company data on 28M+ companies worldwide, investor and deal search with latest transactions, people search and contact data on decision-makers, and news data for 360° market view. The Core plan includes all company, investor, deal, people, and news data but excludes financials. Additional contact credits are billed separately at $0.25 each and can be purchased in packs of 1,000 ($250). Third-party sources mention a Standard Plan at $199/month and Premium Plan at $499/month, but these may have changed. The platform offers a free trial period for new users.
Inven pros
- Sources deals 10x faster than manual research
- Access to 28+ million private companies globally
- AI-powered search with single example company input
- Predictive intent signals to spot selling opportunities early
- 3+ million transactions in the database
- 430+ million contacts including decision-makers
- Coverage across 160+ countries
- 30% more targets found compared to other platforms
- 3x more buyers per project identified
- Lower middle market and middle market focus
- Complete market view with company, investor, deal, people, and news data
- Revenue estimates and financial data included
- Ownership type and business model insights
- Pipeline management from discovery to execution
- No dedicated research team needed
- Integrations enable immediate outreach after sourcing
- Export enriched lists with contact data
- Save companies and share with team
- Intent to Sell filters: Nearing Retirement, Long-Held by PE, Likely to Raise Funding
- 360° market view with news data integration
Inven cons
- No free tier available (paid only)
- Pricing requires request (not publicly listed)
- Additional contact credits billed separately at $0.25 each
- Contact credits purchased in packs of 1,000 ($250)
- No financial data in Core plan
- Enterprise plans require direct contact
- Free trial period only (not unlimited free access)
- Credit-based system limits exports/contacts
- Requires work email for account creation
- Best for M&A professionals, not general users
Frequently asked questions about Inven
What are Intent to Sell signals?
Intent to Sell signals help identify companies that may be preparing to sell. There are three powerful signals: Nearing Retirement (target companies where owners or founders are approaching retirement age and may be considering a sale), Long-Held by Private Equity (identify companies held in PE portfolios for extended period, signaling possible exit strategy), and Likely to Raise Funding (discover high-growth companies that might be seeking new investment). Users search for companies in their desired niche, activate the Intent Signal, get a list of companies more likely to sell, save the best matches, share with team, and access owner's contact details to get in touch.
How does Inven's AI search work?
Inven's AI-powered search allows users to tell the platform what they're looking for, and it does the rest. Using AI, it pulls from millions of sources, analyzes the data, extracts essential details, and delivers a refined list of relevant companies. Users can search with a single example company to find all relevant companies in that niche. The AI analyzes millions of data points globally from company websites, official government registers, news articles, blogs, social media, and many other sources. The constantly learning AI models structure vast amounts of unstructured data sources with scale, making it easy to find all relevant companies with their most important data points and unique insights combined from one place.
What company insights does Inven provide?
Inven provides comprehensive company insights including growth data, locations, ownership information, transactions history, contact data for decision-makers, revenue estimates, ownership type, business model, and financial data. The platform also includes news data for a 360° view of the market. All this actionable insight is available in one place, eliminating fragmented information and providing comprehensive, actionable data on any niche.
How many companies are in Inven's database?
Inven's database contains 28+ million companies worldwide across 160+ countries. The platform also includes 3+ million transactions and 430+ million contacts. This represents the most granular and up-to-date data available for private market company analysis, with unmatched coverage of the lower middle market and middle market.
Who is Inven built for?
Inven is built for ambitious professionals in consulting, business brokers, investment banking, private equity, corporate development, and search funds. It is trusted by over 1,000 firms worldwide, including 600+ to 850+ private equity firms, investment banks, corporate M&A teams, consultants, and VCs. The platform is designed specifically for M&A professionals who need to source deals faster and find opportunities others miss.
Does Inven offer a free version?
No, Inven does not offer a free version of the platform. However, it does have a free trial period for new users to try the platform. Pricing is request-based and not publicly displayed on the website. Users must request pricing for the Core plan and other options. Additional contact credits can be purchased separately at $0.25 each in packs of 1,000 ($250).
How do contact and export credits work?
Inven uses a credit system for contacts and exports. Additional contact credits are billed separately at $0.25 each and can be purchased in packs of 1,000 ($250). Users can earn free contact credits through the Refer & Earn program by sharing Inven with others. If you need more contact credits, your Inven account manager can help add them, or you can contact [email protected]. The credit system allows users to access contact data on decision-makers while managing costs.
What data sources does Inven use?
Inven uses data from company websites, official government registers, news articles, blogs, social media, and many other sources. The platform analyzes over 4 million sources from news outlets to private databases. This includes millions of data points worldwide that are combined and enriched with AI. The data is the most granular and up-to-date available, constantly updated through Inven's AI algorithms and NLP solutions that analyze millions of data points globally.
How can I reset my password in Inven?
To reset your password: Visit the password reset page via app.inven.ai and click 'forgot password', enter the email address associated with your Inven account, check your inbox for a password reset email, click the 'Reset my password' button in the email, choose a strong memorable new password and confirm it, then log in and you're set. The process is quick and straightforward.
How do I add or remove users from my Inven account?
Adding or removing users can be done by going to your settings menu (top right) > My team. From there, you can manage team members easily. If you need assistance with adding or removing users, or have other account management questions, you can contact your account manager or reach out to [email protected] for support.