Chapter 5: Resources
We use a number of different tools for research - use this chapter to learn what these are and to access login credentials for each of them. We consider all of the following to be reliable sources. When these sources have limited info on a certain business, we can use other free sources through Google, such as Rocketreach, Apollo.io, or Zoominfo.
Pitchbook
URL: www.pitchbook.com
Pitchbook is a company database that can be used to find most of the information we collect about enterprises, though its list of companies is not exhaustive. We can also use the screens function to filter the database, based on criteria such as revenue, region, and industry. We will provide you with your own login credentials when you join us. Use Pitchbook to:
Find financial data, incl. EBITDA and Net Profit (listed under Net Income).
Confirm basic information, such as legal names, employee numbers, and HQ addresses.
Identify points of contact using the Team section.
Check the ownership status and parent company of businesses (should ideally be cross-checked with another source as this info in PB is sometimes out of date).
Orbis
URL: https://orbiseurope.bvdinfo.com
User: e.kupriyanova@vorgers-int.com
Password: Plainviewresearch2024!
Similar to Pitchbook, Orbis is a company database that we use to access detailed information on enterprises. In particular, Orbis is useful for identifying detailed data on financial performance and ownership, including shareholding percentages. While Orbis has the most complete information on European companies, it has limited info on anything outside it. Use Orbis to:
Confirm basic information, such as legal names, employee numbers, and HQ addresses.
Identify ownership status and parent company (under Ownership Structure sub-menu)
Identify financial performance data (under Finances sub-menu)
Identify shareholders/points of contact and their shareholding percentage (under Ownership Structure).
North Data
URL: www.northdata.com
User: ekaterina@plainviewresearch.com
Password: Ituneskupr1995!
A useful tool for finding employee, ownership, and revenue data, specifically for DACH companies (ones based in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland).
Hunter
URL: www.hunter.io
A useful tool for finding the emails of points of contact, if they can’t be identified elsewhere. We have an API integration with Hunter in the database that can be used without going to the platform directly, but other features, such as searching for all verified e-mails under a certain domain name, can be useful, if the function in the database does not work.
Companies Houses
Many national governments operate public registers of private and public companies that are headquartered in their country - these can be a valuable source for specifically identifying points of contacts, business owners/shareholders, and employee figures. Use this URL to view a complete list of national company registers.