Does Anyone Have Experience Using Sourcescrub?

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searcher The University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University

DOES ANYONE HAVE EXPERIENCE USING SOURCESCRUB?

My partner and I had a conversation with a SourceScrub sales rep recently. It seems like an interesting M&A platform used by mostly by PE firms. It's pricey, but they mentioned they could provide discounts to groups of search funds. Thanks!

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searcher University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business Yale University - 07/18/2019

I spoke to them and am still thinking about it. Please let me know if you decide to go with it how you like it!

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investor Ivey Business School at Western University Western University - 07/18/2019

I had a demo with them and liked the idea of getting scrubbed lists of companies + contact details for decision makers. Issue was cost. They also do custom searches, so may help when your starting out and the team is small.

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searcher Cornell University - SC Johnson College of Business State University of New York College at Geneseo - 07/18/2019

For what it's worth I've probably demoed 20 data contact providers and find most of them to be pretty bad. DiscoverOrg is great for large companies (> $500m revenue), DealSignal is solid, and LeadGenius was by far the best (but very expensive).

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searcher The University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University - 07/31/2019

Did you end up utilizing any of the companies you mentioned for a longer term?

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searcher Cornell University - SC Johnson College of Business State University of New York College at Geneseo - 08/02/2019

Hey Courtney. I haven't made a decision yet. I'm waiting for my site to go live before I begin broad, formal marketing efforts. I'll be sure to keep you posted. Thanks.

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investor University of Texas at Austin University of Utah - 10/13/2020

Padraic, did you end up going with one of the options you mentioned above? If so, any reviews to report?

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searcher Cornell University - SC Johnson College of Business State University of New York College at Geneseo - 10/14/2020

Hey Al - I use EverString and LeadGenius; really like both of them

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professional Pepperdine University - Graziadio School of Business and Management California State University, Fullerton - 10/19/2020

Hi, Padraic. I'm SourceScrub's Marketing Manager. Can you tell me what about our service offering was bad? I'd love to take the feedback back to our team. Based on the mostly positive SourceScrub feedback across SearchFunder, this is a rarer piece of feedback.

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searcher Yale University - 07/19/2019

^[redacted]‌ ^[redacted]‌ I use them, happy to discuss. You can email me at [redacted]

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investor University of Texas at Austin University of Utah - 10/13/2020

Sending an email, would be interested in this as well.

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searcher Stanford University - Graduate School of Business Southern Methodist University - 08/12/2019

^[redacted]‌ I have been using SourceScrub for a few weeks and am happy to share my thoughts. Also, I think we are both based in Houston, so would be good to connect more generally.

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intermediary Georgia Institute of Technology - 07/30/2019

Interexo's AI has gathered information on over 1 million private companies. It looks like we have to create a site and let you guys access it. We have info on the companies, decision makers and their contact information. The revenues for those companies range from $5-$500 million.

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searcher University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Brown University - 08/10/2019

^[redacted]‌ did they mention to you that they would share memberships across funds? If so, I would be interested.

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searcher The University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University - 08/13/2019

No, they didn't mention this to me.

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investor University of Virginia-Darden - Darden School of Business Loyola University Maryland - Sellinger School of Business and Management - 08/13/2019

Courtney, I used SourceScrub for a few months. I'd be happy to share my thoughts if you'd like to connect directly.

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professional Providence College - 12/20/2019

Has anyone looked at www.cyndx.com which is an AI investment search & discovery platform tracking ~8M companies, ~150k investors and ~1.4M transactions?

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Harvard University - Harvard Business School - 03/22/2020

+1 for Cyndx. I was impressed with it and think it’s a great option

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Harvard University - Harvard Business School - 02/04/2020

ˆ^[redacted]‌ Also evaluating their platform. Did you end up signing up or choosing another provider / any thoughts you could share? Thanks!

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searcher The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business University of California, Riverside - 07/15/2020

What are the price ranges for all of the tools mentioned above?

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professional Pepperdine University - Graziadio School of Business and Management California State University, Fullerton - 10/19/2020

Hi, all! I'm SourceScrub's Marketing Manager. I'm not here to pitch to you at all, but I would love the opportunity to answer any general questions you might have. Feel free to reply here or email me at [redacted]

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searcher Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management University of Virginia - 10/19/2020

Shameless plug: I've spent 6+ months developing a tool and process to do this significantly better than anything else currently available on the market. I'm happy to provide one free list to any searcher interested in testing it out in exchange for feedback on the list.

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professional Pepperdine University - Graziadio School of Business and Management California State University, Fullerton - 10/20/2020

I'd be interested. Can you email me at [redacted]

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searcher Miami University of Ohio University of Illinois - 10/20/2020

Hi William, happy to give feedback and try it out! [redacted]

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searcher Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management University of Virginia - 10/20/2020

^[redacted]‌ - just sent you an email. ^[redacted]‌ totally understand the interest. You're more than welcome to take a look if the tool becomes a web app soon. For now, I can only afford to generate free lists for potential customers.

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searcher - 10/20/2020

Hi WIlliam - I would love to take a look and happy to provide feedback. [redacted]

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searcher New York University Brigham Young University - 10/20/2020

I've been using SourceScrub for the past 2 years (for my day job, not search). They were originally built for the software space which is where I spending time sourcing. I can't speak for other industries but their data is good for software/tech sourcing. Some highlights:

- Really low email bounce rates. Due to the fact most software CEOs/founders/employees are on Linkedin.
- Good/easy integration with Salesforce
- Good UI and tagging conventions that lend well for Boolean searchers to nail down your criteria
- A lot of your traditional search fund targets often don't get picked up on SourceScrub. Especially if they are sub $2M EBITDA and don't attend tradeshows, make industry lists, associations, etc.
- Biggest con is price for searchers. They are definitely targeting funds with large budgets

Happy to connect directly with anyone if helpful to discuss further

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