It’s not brand new, but we wanted to make sure you didn’t miss this small but powerful addition to Advanced Search!

The “Collections contained in” criteria makes it possible to run powerful searches and answer questions based on your existing collections. For example, if you have a collection of cohort companies you’ve partnered with, you could find out which of these are scaleups with the search below:

Or perhaps you’ve uploaded your portfolio companies from your CRM system to a collection, and you want to run some quick research on their fundraisings–that’s now super simple:

You could even use this feature to put together a contact list of founders–perhaps of the companies at an event:

(Note that people searches are available to subscribers with access to the Networks add on–please contact your account manager to find out more.)

Finally, this new search criteria can also be useful for preventing companies you, or your colleagues, have already contacted from cropping up again in your next search. If you have a collection set up of companies you’ve already reached out to, you can use “none of” with this new search criteria to prevent duplication in your outreach–just like this:

Try out the “Collections contained in” criteria in Advanced Search.

What’s new? Well first of all, this space: a place where you can keep up to date on all our latest platform improvements and shiny new features! We’re constantly evolving the Beauhurst platform, and look forward to using this new space to keep you informed.

To get things started, here’s a roundup of our recent updates:

Upload lists of companies

A much requested feature, you can now upload lists of companies (perhaps current clients, or spreadsheets of companies you’re keeping an eye on) to a collection. Either copy and paste your list, or upload a csv file–to get started, go to My Collections > Create Collection.

Find people using job functions

The range of job titles at startups and scaleups can make finding people with the right experience a challenge. Interested in finding a Head of Sales? What about a “Chief Commercial Officer” or a “Business Development Director” or a “VP of New Business”? To make your search process smoother, Chynna, our Data Quality lead, created a classification algorithm for job titles–with clear categories including “Sales/BD”, “Finance”, “Legal”, and “Investments”. Now all you need to do is check a box in Advanced Search!

This feature is only available to subscribers with access to the Networks add-on. Please contact your account manager to find out more.

Upload contact lists to My Network

Find out who you know at Beauhurst tracked companies by uploading your contacts from Linkedin, Gmail, or a csv file from a CRM system. Once they're added to your Network on the platform, your existing contacts will be marked as first degree connections alongside the wealth of information on company and fund profiles. And who needs Networking events? Since your second degree connections will also be marked around the platform, you can start planning your next warm introduction.

This feature is only available to subscribers with access to the Networks add-on– please contact your account manager to find out more.

New Advanced Search criteria

We often receive requests to add new criteria to Advanced Search, to help you run searches which are as targeted and relevant as possible. Recently, we’ve added the following:

• Corporate structure characteristics for company searches (subscribers with access to the All Company data add-on)
• Usual residential countries for people searches (subscribers with access to the Networks add-on) 
• Market capitalisation at IPO for company and IPO searches
• Operating profits and intangible assets for company searches

Phew! Watch this space for the next update 😊