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Reducing Research Time While Raising Data Quality at Rabobank North America
The Challenge:
Fragmented and inconsistent financial and M&A data for private companies slowed research and validation.
Use Cases:
The Results:
Significant time savings, reliable data, and more confident deal execution.
Rabobank is an international cooperative bank with Dutch origins that combines more than 125 years of financial expertise with a highly collaborative approach to banking. Through its North American Corporate Finance team, Rabobank advises and finances Food & Agriculture businesses across the region, supporting clients on acquisitions, divestitures, and complex financing transactions. Backed by a global network of over 49,000 colleagues across 35 countries, the team pairs deep sector specialization with international reach to deliver tailored outcomes for its clients.
The Challenge:
Centralizing Reliable Financial and Transaction Data
The Rabobank Corporate Finance team in New York faced challenges when performing research on private companies as historical financials and M&A transaction data were spread across multiple platforms and varied significantly in quality. While estimates were often available, they were not always accurate or supported by transparent sourcing, making it time consuming to validate key figures.
As a result, the team spent considerable time piecing together and cross-checking information from different databases. The opportunity to create efficiency in their workflows prompted Rabobank to seek a private market intelligence platform that could centralize reliable data, reduce manual validation work, and support faster, more confident deal execution.
The Solution:
The team was looking for a platform that could provide a complete financial view of companies in their target market and speed up research. They also wanted to ensure that the data was high-quality and fully sourced every time. That’s when they landed on Gain.
Also, knowing that their European counterparts had achieved great results using Gain, the North American team decided to try it for themselves.
“Ultimately, our European counterparts had such a positive experience using the platform, that our team decided to give it a try. Our experience since has been nothing short of positive.” - Kees F.
Use Cases:
Access reliable financials for private companies with full source transparency, reducing time spent validating data
Track ownership structures and key contacts for target companies to support deal sourcing and outreach
Develop an initial set of comparable companies when conducting research on target companies, accelerating benchmarking
The Results:
Since adopting Gain, the Rabobank North American Corporate Finance team has seen significant time savings, particularly when performing research on private companies. Tasks that once required hours of manual work can now be completed in a fraction of the time.
Further, the efficiency gained has enabled junior team members to spend more time supporting senior colleagues and concentrating on other high value activities, such as complex valuation models, scenario analyses, and strategic decision-making. This reliability and speed have not only improved workflows but also strengthened the quality of output, giving the Rabobank Corporate Finance team in New York a competitive edge in deal execution.
