top of page
.jpg)






A New Approach
To Deal Team Software
Winning deals in private equity is hard. It requires building unique angles to beat the competition. What if your CRM was designed to help achieve that?
-
Socrates is a new pipeline / CRM software tool for private equity, developed inside a global deal team at scale over the last 5 years.
-
Built on modern “low code” backend platform, allowing rapid product improvements, ongoing customisations, and enterprise-grade security.
-
Now being spun out as an independent business to offer system to new clients.
-
Advanced features that already benchmark favourably against other industry offerings, plus faster pace of development going forwards.
-
Product has been designed (and iterated) with ease of use for daily “deal team” workflows in mind, driving better team adoption
Why Choose Us
A Successful Deal Team CRM Should Drive Significant Benefits…

Greater Deal Flow
Sourcing & Reciprocity
Clear picture of where deals & intros are coming from
Smart prompting
Relevant reminders (e.g. actions, contacts, targets)
Capturing all ideas
Maximise the breadth of pipeline at the early stages

Higher Success Rate
Find Angles
Make connections and find angles from around the firm
Senior Experts
Manage senior adviser network for max impact
Prioritisation
Allow early triage of most promising deals

Team Efficiency
Simplify workflow
Help team manage daily origination activities
Coordination
Avoid duplication, or being uncoordinated with team
Staffing
Devote resources to the best or most likely deals
.png)
Tangible Insights
Portfolio
Connect pre-deal expertise with portfolio value creation
Analytics
Understand true pipeline strength and evolution
Forecasting
Visibility of likely deployment
What Is Socrates’ Solution?
A modern private equity CRM built by deal team members for their daily workflow.
Simple Yet Powerful

Simplify workflow
Tracking only valuable data; no unnecessary clutter
Ease of Use
Design refined over 5 years for efficient daily workflow
Automation
Devote resources to the best or most likely deals
All Users Get Clear ‘Value Back’
.png)
Features to enhance the daily origination process:
-
Smart prompting
-
Suggested angles
-
Adviser reciprocity
-
Manage senior experts
Modern And Flexible Technology
.png)
Low-code architecture
Allows rapid product configuration and evolution
Gen AI
Flexible GPT-4 capabilities
Fully security certified
2FA, SSO, SOC 2, etc.
Flexible API
To interact with internal systems / external data
Driving Adoption
.png)
Even with the best software, still need to ensure strong adoption. We focus on:
-
Senior buy-in
-
Generating bottom-up team enthusiasm
-
The right support available (e.g. data upload) Easy customisation
Contact Us
If you have any questions or would like to arrange a demo, please contact us.
Contact
bottom of page