How it works
The research engine behind every search.
Behind Indole Search is a living graph of people, organizations, and the signals between them — the research a great associate would do by hand, run continuously and at market scale. Your consultants keep the judgment; Indole does the legwork.
What it does
Four jobs, run continuously.
Indole resolves the messy market into a few clean primitives — and keeps them current. Know the market, know who’s connected, know what just changed, and find the warmest way in.
The entity graph
Every person and organization, resolved to a single canonical record across sources — one node per real-world entity, deduplicated and kept current.
ResolutionThe relationship edges
The ties between entities — worked-with, invested-in, advised, studied-alongside — inferred and weighted by strength, so the graph reflects real proximity, not just contacts.
InferenceThe live signals
Who’s moving, hiring, raising, shipping, or breaking out — resolved as it happens and attached to the entities it concerns, with provenance kept intact.
FreshnessThe pathfinder
Given a target, it traces the strongest real-world route in — ranking paths by relationship strength so the first contact comes through someone already trusted.
PathfindingWhy it matters
What this means for your engagements.
The field beyond the rolodex
Indole resolves the whole market — including the people no firm has on a list and the ones who aren’t looking — so your slate is drawn from everyone qualified, not just everyone you already know.
Current as the market moves
Moves, raises, and board changes are resolved as they happen and attached to the people they concern — so the map you act on reflects the market today, not last quarter’s research.
Provenance throughout
Every signal carries where it came from, all the way to the surface — so every ranking can be traced back to the evidence behind it, ready to defend to the committee.
See it in your search
You meet the engine through Indole Search.
The research runs continuously in the background; you see it as a defensible slate and the warmest path to every name. Open the product, or tell us what you’re working on.