Finance

Inven

AI platform that helps M&A and consulting teams source and research deals

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Pricing · PaidRising
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend

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The Brief

What Inven does

Inven is an AI-native deal-sourcing platform used by investment banks, private equity firms and consulting teams to find and research acquisition targets and market data. The company says its system draws on data for more than 21 million companies across global private markets and generates client-ready deliverables such as market maps and company one-pagers. Inven is based in Helsinki and was founded in 2022. Investors include Finnish businessman Risto Siilasmaa, founder of F-Secure and former chairman of Nokia.

How Inven compares with its closest alternatives

None of the 5 closest alternatives has a free plan, and neither does Inven. 3 of the 5 offer an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Inven. Inven offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Inven was founded in 2022; the alternatives were founded between 2020 and 2025, 3 of them earlier. Inven is based in Helsinki, Finland; none of its 5 alternatives is in Finland. They are in Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Market position · Finance

How Inven compares in Finance

Inven has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 392 live Finance tools on FalcoScan. Across Finance, the average opportunity score is 68.5 and the average saturation score 34.9. FalcoScan rates Inven's own market position as open. 76 of the 392 operating Finance tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 6 shutdowns in the category.

Inven compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
InvenFounded 2022 · Helsinki, FinlandHighOpenPaid—NoNoWebRising
GraspFounded 2020 · Stockholm, SwedenHighOpenPaid—NoNoWebRising
RutterFounded 2020 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, APIHot
AlephFounded 2020 · New York, United StatesHighOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, APIRising
ConduktFounded 2023 · London, United KingdomHighOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, APIRising
ParaglideFounded 2025 · Malmö, SwedenHighOpenPaid—NoNoWebRising

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Finance.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Inven exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Market MappingCompany ResearchData EnrichmentAgentic Workflows
Industry Verticals
FinanceProfessional Services
Tagged

Inven shows up when builders search for these

deal-sourcingm-and-amarket-researchprivate-equitydata-enrichment
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Questions

Inven: common questions

Is Inven free?

No. Inven is a paid product.

What are the best alternatives to Inven?

The closest alternatives to Inven that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Grasp, Rutter, Aleph, Condukt, and Paraglide.

Is Inven still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Inven as operating at inven.ai.

Where is Inven based?

Inven is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Does Inven have an API?

FalcoScan's records show no public API for Inven.

Who is Inven for?

Inven is built for investment banks, private equity, consulting firms, and corporate development.

How do I sign in to Inven?

Sign in on Inven's own website, inven.ai. FalcoScan reviews Inven but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Inven directly.

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