
Scend is an AI platform designed for investment banking and private equity, streamlining complex M&A workflows such as buyer list generation, market mapping, and origination. It provides users with AI-powered tools to gain an edge in M&A mandates by leveraging public and proprietary transaction data. The platform offers deep research capabilities with real-time company and people profiles, including inferred data points not found elsewhere. Scend aims to remove friction in sourcing, research, and diligence, enabling users to build buyer lists in as little as 10 minutes, achieve high investor sector coverage, and access a database of over 30 million companies with a reported 0% email bounce rate. Key clients include Billionaire's Family Office, a Top 10 Management Consulting Firm, an E-commerce Fashion Brand, and a Sector-Agnostic Investment Bank, all of whom have reported significant improvements in deal sourcing and efficiency.

Scend is an AI platform designed for investment banking and private equity, streamlining complex M&A workflows such as buyer list generation, market mapping, and origination. It provides users with AI-powered tools to gain an edge in M&A mandates by leveraging public and proprietary transaction data. The platform offers deep research capabilities with real-time company and people profiles, including inferred data points not found elsewhere. Scend aims to remove friction in sourcing, research, and diligence, enabling users to build buyer lists in as little as 10 minutes, achieve high investor sector coverage, and access a database of over 30 million companies with a reported 0% email bounce rate. Key clients include Billionaire's Family Office, a Top 10 Management Consulting Firm, an E-commerce Fashion Brand, and a Sector-Agnostic Investment Bank, all of whom have reported significant improvements in deal sourcing and efficiency.
Focus: AI-driven M&A deal-sourcing and research platform for investment banks, private equity, and enterprise deal teams
Founded: September 2024
Headquarters: New York, NY
Founders / Leadership: Anirudh Sathya (CEO), Yijie Feng (CTO)
Funding: Pre-Seed (Feb 20, 2025); investor listed: Pear VC
M&A deal sourcing, market research, and origination efficiency for investment banks, private equity, consultancies, and enterprise deal teams
2024
Financial technology / M&A software
500000.00
“Pear VC participation in pre-seed”