November 14, 2025
Gain.pro, the winner of the Data Provider of the Year: Overall category at the Private Equity Wire US Awards 2025, combines the speed of AI with human-verified research to deliver deal-ready insights clients can trust. Co-Founder and co-CEO Frister Haveman, outlines what set the company apart and how it helps clients meet their challenges and take advantage of opportunities.
In no more than 50 words, please describe your firm’s service offering and what makes it special.
Gain.pro is a private market insights platform built for how dealmakers actually work. We combine the speed of AI with deep human-verified research to deliver instant, trusted visibility across companies, investors, advisors, lenders, deals, people and conferences. All in one platform, enabling faster sourcing, stronger analysis, and higher-conviction decisions.
What are the three key selling points of your business and service range?
Gain.pro delivers deal-ready insights built for a new era of private market players. Our AI-native platform gives you the speed. Expert human researchers give you the accuracy. Every profile is enriched, verified and fully sourced so dealmakers no longer waste time second-guessing outdated or incomplete data.
While legacy platforms still focus on limited angles or partial coverage, Gain.pro provides the entire private market ecosystem: investors, advisors, lenders, deals, sectors, conferences, and key people, cleanly connected to reveal signals others miss.
And the experience? Fast. Intuitive. No training required. That’s why Gain.pro holds an NPS of +72, far above legacy data providers. Deal teams move faster, make smarter calls and win more, because they spend less time searching and more time closing.
How would you describe the role your services played in helping your private markets clients become more competitive in the past 12 months?
We give clients full visibility into the companies that matter to them – whether platform targets or potential add-ons. Not just a shortlist, but the entire universe. This empowers them to engage earlier with targets and develop the strongest possible deal angle – in both proprietary and intermediated situations.
What product or service innovation from the past 12 months are you most proud of?
Gain.pro has transformed from a powerful data tool into a true workflow platform, enabling our clients to run their entire deal sourcing process on Gain.pro and with the support of AI. Our goal is to evolve this into the “Private Markets Super App”: a full-suite solution eliminating the need for outdated and costly point solutions.
What are the key technological developments to watch in the private markets space, and how is your service supporting firms with their progress?
AI in private markets has moved beyond experimentation. Clients are done with flashy demos – they want real, repeatable value. That’s exactly where we excel: AI-first, but always with expert human verification in the loop. It just works – and our clients love that.
