Ben Harrison, Co-President of Financial Services at Intapp believes that DealCloud was chosen to win the Best Deal Origination Technology award because it is a single-source deal, relationship, and firm management platform that enables firms to power their deal-making process from strategy to origination to execution.
He says: “We offer fully configurable solutions purpose-built for the complex relationships and structures of capital markets firms, which in turn enables our clients to better source and originate deals. Our clients manage thousands of deals daily within the DealCloud platform.”
Tools for deal origination
Among its key services for clients, DealCloud offers tools for business development management, pipeline management, relationship management, data management, fundraising and investor relations, marketing, reporting, and conflict management.
Over the last 18 months, deal origination methods have shifted; however, DealCloud rose to the challenge by providing dealmakers with purpose-built technology that enables more effective and efficient sourcing and origination of deals from behind the computer screen and in the palm of their hands.
A rise in deal making
As the industry continues forward since the onset of the pandemic, dealmaking is rising rapidly and a growing number of private equity firms are turning to technology to help source and manage an increasing volume of deals. “Dealmakers require technology solutions that enable them to manage their deals and pipeline efficiently, and as a result, many have implemented DealCloud” Harrison says.
Over the next 12-18 months, Harrison predicts that dealmaking will continue to remain steady and that purpose-built technology will not just be a nice-to-have, but an absolute necessity for dealmakers who want to achieve success in a competitive marketplace. 
Ben Harrison, Co-President, Financial Services and Founder, DealCloud
Ben Harrison has more than ten years of experience working in the investment banking, private equity and software end-markets. Prior to DealCloud, Harrison worked for the Charlotte-based private equity firm Falfurrias Capital Partners and also in M&A advisory with Harris Williams & Co and Edgeview Partners. Harrison is a co-founding member of DealCloud and works alongside the team to help create and execute the organization’s vision as the preeminent industry-specific software solution for professionals in the private capital markets.
