With their latest fund closing at over €760 million, Freshstream is an acclaimed mid-market private equity firm headquartered in London, England. Founded in 2015, the firm has established a strong reputation for working closely with entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses in the UK and Benelux markets. With a focus on primary deals on businesses that positively impact society, Freshstream works collaboratively with management teams and entrepreneurs to build successful, future-proof companies.
Before integrating Gain.pro into their workflow, Freshstream faced significant challenges in obtaining complete and consolidated financial data for companies in their target regions.
“We don't have thousands of analysts to actually do that work for us. We need to rely on our data providers to do this correctly for us.”
Jiri Taecke
Additionally, they found that other intelligence platforms were not intuitive to use, which slowed them down in their research efforts. “I'm used to working with CapIQ on public data and they're a very clunky database. You really need to spend time getting to know the platform and learning what all the buttons do because there are so many of them on one page.”
Choosing Gain.pro for Private Market Intelligence
"Gain.pro is very intuitive. It was a breath of fresh air compared to other platforms. Nowadays, other platforms are starting to catch up to a degree but Gain.pro was years and years ahead of everybody else. It has an Apple app kind of feel - which is to say you don't need a manual to use it. Still to this day, I think Gain.pro is ahead of other platforms based on the demos that I've seen from competitors."
Jiri Taecke
In addition to the clean UX/UI, what impressed the team at Freshstream was the quality and reliability of our information and insights. When evaluating private market intelligence platforms, “Gain.pro was the first platform we found that offered consolidated data points on company financials in a coordinated and scalable way. We found it incredibly helpful.” - Jiri Taecke
One of the primary ways Freshstream leverages Gain.pro is for private company research. Whenever they need to quickly gain a view of a potential investment opportunity, they look up its company profile on Gain.pro. Unlike other platforms, our profiles are carefully curated by teams of expert analysts and AI technology, providing key company information in an organized structure.
“Where it’s difficult with other platforms is that the information you need is often buried deep within the database and not easily accessible. Using Gain.pro is almost like googling information. I have it open on my screen and I can quickly type in the name of a company and with just one click, I get a comprehensive profile on my screen. This profile includes ownership details, financial information and a brief description of the company.”
Jiri Taecke
“Having the ability to access research immediately at your fingertips in combination with the fact that all information and data is audited from your end is a huge benefit. Based on that alone, you guys are way better than anybody else that I've seen in the market.”
Jiri Taecke
“With Gain.pro, for example, we can see how many companies are in our universe in Belgium by filtering for location, ownership and size. Based on that list, we then know which companies we should further research.”
Jiri Taecke
“We’ve set up these alerts that notify us when smaller companies grow larger and fall within our investment criteria.”
Jiri Taecke
Freshstream finds Gain.pro to be an invaluable tool during strategic conversations with advisors. Having quick access to company information allows them to engage meaningfully with advisors in real time, making discussions more interactive and efficient.
“Having access to Gain.pro is incredibly helpful because it allows me to immediately engage with an advisor when on a call. I can discuss industry-specific risks or financial trends, such as a decline in profit margins over recent years. Having this information available with one click makes my calls with advisors much more interactive. This efficiency is not something other platforms offer as they typically require multiple steps to gather the same information. You can't have a smooth conversation if you're constantly asking for more time to find details. Gain.pro has streamlined this process very well.”
Jiri Taecke
Since incorporating Gain.pro into their operations, one of the most substantial advantages to Freshstream is that they have been able to keep their operating costs down. By leveraging our platform, they avoid having to hire a large team of analysts to perform manual company research.
"As a midsize private equity firm, we can’t employ teams of analysts or interns like an investment bank would. Instead, we outsource this work to Gain.pro, and they are frankly much better at it. Hiring two or three analysts ourselves would be extremely expensive and less efficient. Gain.pro is not only more cost-effective but also more time-efficient because they specialize in this work and have become very proficient at it.”
Jiri Taecke
