NEW & UPDATED PRODUCTS
Crunchbase launches VC Sourcing Skills, prebuilt AI workflows on the Crunchbase MCP covering market maps, funding signals, capital trends, company tearsheets and watchlists. They work in ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity. ↗
Kruncher launches Secondaries V3, adding an assumption layer that proposes labelled assumptions where data room information is missing, and integrated auditing that shows whether each figure was extracted, calculated, assumed or missing. ↗
Maestro launches an iPhone and iPad app for PE portfolio intelligence, letting teams track performance, spot variances and query portfolio data with its Maia assistant. ↗
PARTNERSHIPS & INTEGRATIONS
PitchBook makes its Premium Connector live in Cohere North, bringing cited private markets data into enterprise AI workflows. ↗
CAIS joins Anthropic’s Claude for Financial Advisors, bringing CAISey, fund research, holdings and education into the advisor’s Claude workspace. ↗
FactSet connects to Claude for Business for Financial Advisors, bringing its market data, analytics and research into advisor workflows. ↗
MSCI launches a connector in Claude for Financial Advisors, bringing data across public markets, private markets and risk into advisor conversations. ↗
Canoe Intelligence integrates with Envestnet | Tamarac to deliver K-1s and K-2s for alternative investments into the Tamarac Advisor Portal via API. ↗
Datasite partners with Emma Legal so legal teams can review permissioned data room content inside Emma Legal for AI-powered due diligence. ↗
Capsa makes the Intapp DealCloud MCP available, letting deal teams query their DealCloud pipeline alongside other integrated systems. ↗
Beauhurst makes its company data available in ChatGPT through an MCP connector, with natural-language queries for customers. ↗
Daloopa adds Heron AI Events from Heron Intelligence to its MCP, bringing AI-conducted expert interviews into research workflows. ↗
VENDOR RESEARCH & WHITEPAPERS
Preqin forecasts private markets AUM to exceed $34tn by 2031 in Private Markets in 2031, with private equity AUM reaching $11.6tn and private credit passing $5tn. ↗
Fintent reports that companies flagged by its signals are 16x more likely to be acquired within 12 months, based on 1,896 US acquisitions announced January to October 2026. ↗
Dakota reports Q3 private equity fundraising of $183.9bn across 101 funds, up 20% on Q2, with the five largest closes making up about 48% of the total. ↗
Visible.vc reports investor MCP usage on its platform grew 5.7x from Q1 to Q3 2026, with Q3 alone exceeding all earlier quarters combined. ↗
OFFICE & PERSONNEL
Ontra opens its new New York office at 511 Fifth, giving its New York team a dedicated space after years in shared offices. ↗
