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In partnership with Nasdaq eVestment
A New Way To Raise Capital
Ardessa is the always-on analyst for private markets fundraising, tracking every LP signal that matters so your team spends its time on relationships, not research.
The Problem
Every Raise Begins With A Signal. Most Teams Hear It Too Late.
Fundraising cycles are longer and more competitive than ever, and winning a mandate comes down to detail. Yet most BD teams still spend 60% of their time on admin instead of the relationships that close.
of a BD week goes to admin. Not to the relationships that close.
What Ardessa Does
One Analyst Behind Every Stage Of The Raise
Specialist agents work in the background, around the clock, and hand your team the next best move. The workflow handles the admin, your team handles the relationship.
Ardessa Agent
Ranked for your fund
Pension funds increasing private credit exposure
- 01Report ready92
- 02Deadline 8d84
- 03Active mandate77
Research report
84/100
Partnership potential
Strong match
- Investment fit90
- Timing82
- Geography88
- Track record71
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Ready for your CRM
Integrations & Data
Works Inside The Stack You Already Run
Read-only connections to the CRM, inbox and calendar your team already uses.
Salesforce
HubSpot
Pipedrive
Outlook
Google
LinkedIn
Institutional data fromNasdaq eVestment
How It Works
Three Steps To A Live Pipeline
No new habits to learn. Ardessa sits on top of the systems you already use and starts working from day one.
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01Connect
Connect Your World
Link your CRM, calendar and email. Ardessa plugs into HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Google, Outlook and LinkedIn.
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02Define
Define Your Thesis
Tell us what you’re raising and who fits. Ardessa learns your strategy and prioritises accordingly.
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03Act
Act On Real Signals
Every morning, know who’s ready to engage: new allocations, mandate shifts and people moves, before your first meeting.
Proof
Proven By The Teams Who Raise The Capital
Placement agents, IR leads and managing partners use Ardessa to replace manual research with a live, always-on analyst.
Talk to our team
“Ardessa’s active monitoring turned a static prospect list into a live pipeline. We know when something changes before the competition does.”
136
emails logged into our CRM in a single day, six hours of an analyst’s time. With Ardessa it’s ten minutes.
“Ardessa cut our LP research process from hours to minutes. Combined with the contact accuracy and warm referral routes, it’s an incredibly powerful platform.”
£15,000
for a database we haven’t opened since Christmas. It doesn’t tell you when to act. Ardessa does.
“We walked into a meeting referencing investments their investment team didn’t know we’d found. They stopped to ask where we were getting it.”
“The best founders solve problems they’ve lived. Ardessa is exactly that, a private markets fundraising tool built by a fundraiser.”
Team
Built From Both Sides Of The Table
A fundraiser who lived the problem and an engineer who has shipped AI inside a bank.
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01 · The fundraiserThomas Nolan
Co-Founder & CEO
4+ years in business development at StepStone.
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02 · The engineerAidan O’Sullivan
Co-Founder & CTO
Previously led AI at Bank of Ireland.
Security
Built For The Due Diligence You’ll Put Us Through
ISO 27001 certified, with SOC 2 Type II underway. Designed to pass your compliance review, not to explain itself afterwards.
Visit our Trust Centre Continuously monitored with Vanta
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Certified
ISO 27001
Our information security management system is independently audited and certified, verifiable any time in our Trust Centre.
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In progress
SOC 2 Type II
Audit in progress, with internal controls already following SOC 2 trust-services criteria.
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By design
Read-Only Connectors
Ardessa reads only what you authorise, and never sends or writes externally without human approval.
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By design
Cited And Audited
Every signal sourced and linked, every AI output reviewed, and a full audit trail per user and action.
FAQ
Questions Fundraisers Ask Us
Who is Ardessa for?
Fundraising and business development teams across private equity, venture capital, private credit, real estate and infrastructure. Ardessa helps them prepare for meetings, manage investor relationships, find warm introductions and source new qualified LPs.
We already have a CRM. Why do we need this?
Your CRM stores data, Ardessa does the work. It checks 100+ prospects for updates, researches before every meeting, tracks RFPs and deadlines, and feeds the results straight back into your CRM. It doesn’t replace your CRM, it finally keeps it current.
Where does the data come from?
Ardessa combines proprietary data, including Nasdaq eVestment, with public sources. Unlike a static database, its agents refresh information multiple times a day.
Will Ardessa replace our team?
No. Ardessa automates the 60% of work that’s repetitive, like prospect checks, pre-meeting research, RFP tracking and data entry, so your team can focus on the 40% that matters: relationships, strategic conversations and closing.
How is this different from PitchBook or Preqin?
Legacy databases give you access to information, and you do the searching, reading and checking back. Ardessa works alongside them and does that work for you, monitoring changes continuously and telling you when to act.
How is it different from ChatGPT or Claude?
General assistants wait for you to ask. Ardessa works proactively inside your systems, and it’s built specifically for private markets fundraising workflows and compliance.
Is my data secure?
Connectors are read-only, nothing leaves the platform without human approval, and every action is logged. ISO 27001 certified, SOC 2 Type II audit in progress, and controls are monitored continuously through Vanta.