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Verata

Winter 2023 · Active

The all-in-one private equity intelligence platform.

Location: San Francisco, US

Founded: 2025

Team size: 2

About

No more switching back and forth between Pitchbook, LinkedIn, and ZoomInfo. Verata brings together the best of all three with in-depth financial and people data in one easy to use platform. Verata lets you map markets, find comparables, and conduct deep research on operators with unparalleled metrics on executive track records. Research that took hours now takes minutes. Source deals, operating partners, advisors, and portfolio leaders all in one place.

Founders

  • Nicholas ManskeFounder

    Nick Manske is the CEO & co-founder of Verata, a specialized CRM platform designed for executive recruiting firms. Prior to Verata, Nick co-founded and served as CTO at Alariss Global, a VC-backed startup using NLP to match overseas SaaS companies with American salespeople.

  • Josh GardnerFounder

    Building a financial data rocketship.