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Deal Scout for Claude

Deal Scout is a deal-sourcing connector for private equity investors, private-markets funds and the advisers who work with them. Make a sourcing request in plain language inside Claude and get back a structured, sourced result: a target universe, an enriched list, a company profile, a transaction history, or news and web research on a company or sector.

Target universeEnriched listCompany profileTransaction historyNews and web research
Last updated 22 September 2026Questions: support@agenticprivatemarkets.ai

Who it is for

The connector is built for people who source and screen private-company opportunities:

  • Deal teams at private equity and growth funds building or qualifying pipeline
  • Corporate development teams mapping acquisition targets and bolt-ons
  • Investment bankers and advisers preparing buyer or target universes
  • Research and diligence teams profiling companies and their markets

It is designed for private, non-listed companies, where the information sits across company websites, trade directories, published rankings and deal records rather than in filings.

Requirements

An AgenticPM account. Accounts are set up by our team rather than through self-serve signup. Email support@agenticprivatemarkets.ai with the address you would like to use and we will provision access and send your sign-in details.

A Claude account on any plan that supports connectors. On Team and Enterprise, an administrator may need to approve the connector before you can add it.

Nothing to set up on your side. The connector does not touch your CRM, files, email or systems of record, so there is no configuration to do.

Connecting

  1. 1

    In Claude, open Settings → Connectors.

  2. 2

    Find AgenticPM — Deal Scout and select Connect.

  3. 3

    You are taken to AgenticPM to sign in with your email and password, then returned to Claude.

  4. 4

    Start a conversation and ask a sourcing question. Claude selects the right tool for you.

What you can do

You never need to name a tool. Describe the outcome you want.

Build a target universe from a described market

Describe a market and get the companies in it, assembled from published rankings, trade directories and list pages rather than from search rankings.

  • “Build me a universe of independent commercial roofing contractors in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.”
  • “Build me a list of family-owned specialty pharmacy businesses in the Southeast with $20–100m revenue and more than one location.”

Enrich and qualify a list

Hand over a list of names and get named fields added, turning it into something screenable.

  • “Enrich this list with ownership type, revenue estimate, headcount and HQ.”
  • “Which of these are still independent, and which have been acquired?”
  • “Is [company] PE-backed, and who owns it?”

Research a company

  • “Research [company] — what they do, their end markets and their ownership.”
  • “What do [company]’s own site and recent coverage say about its locations and service lines?”

Track deal activity and news

  • “What M&A has happened in [sector] over the last two years, and who is buying?”
  • “Recent news and developments on [company].”
  • “What has been published on consolidation and pricing in [sector] over the past year?”

The six tools

Six tools cover the sourcing funnel end to end. You never need to name one, since Claude picks, but here is what sits behind each answer.

01

Broad Target Sweep

You have a thesis, a mandate or a platform company and you need the full universe of who is out there, not the twelve names already in your CRM. Describe what you are looking for in plain English.

02

Target List Data Enrichment

You have a list, from the Sweep or from your own spreadsheet, and it is mostly empty. This fills in revenue, headcount, ownership, locations, end markets and whatever else you asked for, across the whole list at once.

03

Company Site Search

A company’s own website is the most reliable source on itself and the least indexed. This reads the whole site, not just the homepage: locations, service lines, certifications, careers and case studies.

04

Private Market Web Search

The open research question in the middle of a diligence or a thesis. How fragmented is this market, who are the top players in this region, what is driving pricing, is this a real trend. Ask it the way you would ask a junior analyst.

05

News Search

Time-sensitive signals rather than evergreen facts. Who just raised, sold, expanded, opened a plant, lost a contract or changed CEO. Run it across a whole watchlist or a single name.

06

Precedent Transactions

Pricing context and buyer mapping. What has traded in this space, who bought it, at what multiple where disclosed, and which acquirers are active right now.

Getting better results

  • Name the connector if Claude does not reach for it. “Use Deal Scout to build me a list of…” is the fastest way to steer it.

  • Name the tool when you know which one you want. “Use Precedent Transactions on [sector]” skips any guesswork.

  • Lead with the outcome. “Build me a list of…”, “Enrich this list with…” and “Research…” all map cleanly onto what the connector does.

  • Give criteria in one go. Sector, geography, revenue band, ownership type and site count in the first message produce a tighter universe than adding them one at a time.

  • Say what a field means to you. “Independent” can mean founder-owned, non-PE-backed or non-corporate-owned. Spelling it out avoids re-runs.

  • Enrich in batches. A shorter list comes back faster and more reliably than one long one, so split a large list and run it in parts.

  • Build on the previous answer. Once a list exists in the conversation you can enrich it, filter it, or profile one company from it without pasting anything back in.

What it does not do

  • It does not read from or write to your CRM, files, email, calendar or any system of record.
  • It does not create, modify or delete anything, in AgenticPM or anywhere else.
  • It does not act on your behalf. No messages sent, no records created, no workflows triggered.
  • Nothing it returns is investment advice.

Accuracy and limits

  • 01Enrichment runs on a batch of companies at a time. Long lists should be split and run in parts.
  • 02Enriched fields carry a confidence level and a source link. Treat a low-confidence value as a lead to verify, not a fact. Blanks are labelled rather than left ambiguous, as not public, conflicting, or not yet checked, so an empty cell tells you why it is empty.
  • 03Revenue and headcount for private companies are frequently third-party estimates. Treat them as a screening signal, not a diligence input.
  • 04Coverage is strongest where companies maintain a public web presence and where trade directories or published rankings exist for the sector. Thinly covered niches return shorter lists.
  • 05A broad sweep or a full-list enrichment reads many sources, so it takes longer to come back than a single lookup.
  • 06Results reflect what is published at the time of the request. Ownership in particular changes without public announcement.

Troubleshooting

Claude does not use the connector
Name it directly: “use Deal Scout to…”. If that does not work, check it is enabled in Settings → Connectors, and that your administrator has approved it if you are on Team or Enterprise.
Claude used the wrong tool
Name the one you want: “use Broad Target Sweep for that market”, or “use Company Site Search for [company]”. The six tools are listed above.
A sign-in prompt appears mid-conversation
Your session has expired. Sign in again from Settings → Connectors.
Sign-in fails, or you do not have an account yet
Email support@agenticprivatemarkets.ai and we will set one up or reset your access.
A list comes back shorter than expected
The market description may be too narrow, or the sector may have thin published coverage. Widen the geography or drop one criterion.
A field comes back with low confidence
The source data did not support a confident answer. Ask for that company to be profiled directly for a closer look.
Something looks wrong
Results carry their sources, so check the source before relying on a figure, and report anything persistent to support.

Data and privacy

Only what is needed to answer the request is sent to AgenticPM: a company name, a domain, a market description, or a list of companies you have supplied. Your wider conversation is not sent. We do not read your Claude chat history, memory or uploaded files.

Requests are made under your AgenticPM account. The connector reads public web sources and third-party business-data providers. It has no access to your own systems, and beyond your account details it holds no data of yours other than the parameters of each request.

How we handle data, including the sources we use and the rights you have over information about you, is set out in full in our privacy policy.

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