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We’re excited to announce Blueflame AI’s integration with S&P Capital IQ, bringing Capital IQ’s trusted market data into Blueflame AI’s secure, purpose-built platform for AI-driven investment intelligence. By unifying Capital IQ’s datasets with your firm’s internal and external data, Blueflame AI enables deal teams to unlock deeper insights and accelerate smarter decision-making.
What the integration includes
Blueflame AI’s integration with Capital IQ provides access to critical datasets that power sophisticated investment workflows.
- Fundamentals and estimates: Full financial statements, capital structure details, forward-looking consensus estimates, and data from specific reporting periods
- Transaction and deal intelligence: Granular M&A and PE/VC transaction data, including deal multiples, deal structures, and buyer/seller details.
- Example prompt: "Identify all transactions since 2022 in the UK where the target was operating in the semiconductor manufacturing industry and provide transaction multiples if available."
- Entity and people mapping: Comprehensive corporate trees (subsidiaries and affiliates) and people data, such as board member histories, executive bios, and compensation data.
- Example prompt: "List all board members for Company A with their roles."
- Private equity specifics: Fund-level data including investment mandates, geographic and sector focus, and dry powder metrics
Use cases across investment strategies
Blueflame AI's integration of Capital IQ’s deep public and private market coverage into multi-step agentic workflow automations unlocks sophisticated use cases across private equity, investment banking, hedge funds, private credit, and portfolio operations.
Private Markets (Private Equity, Private Credit)
Private company financial benchmarking
Retrieve private financials and visualize margins and KPIs against relevant industry peers. Compare margins, growth rates, and operational metrics to identify outliers and investment opportunities within your target sectors.
For example: "What was Company A’s share EV/EBITDA multiple at the end of Q4-2024?"
Roll-up strategy and corporate structure mapping
Map complex corporate trees and analyze historical acquisition patterns to identify integration opportunities and potential add-on targets. Understand ownership structures and subsidiary relationships that impact deal structuring and value creation strategies.
For example: "Who are the top institutional owners of Company Y?"
Operational efficiency tracking tracking
Analyze headcount history compared to revenue growth trajectories to determine operational leverage opportunities across portfolio companies. Identify best practices and efficiency improvements that can be replicated across your portfolio.
For example: "What is the headcount trend for Company X over the past 3 years?"
Capital structure and credit review
Access current debt schedules and detailed capital structure information to assess seniority positions, maturity timelines, and credit risk factors within a single integrated workflow. Streamline due diligence and ongoing portfolio monitoring processes.
Investment Banking
Strategic buyers list construction
Identify private equity funds and strategic buyers based on investment criteria including sector focus, geography, fund size, and historical transaction behavior. Support faster and more targeted outreach efforts with data-driven buyer identification.
Transaction and market activity analysis analysis
Query comprehensive M&A and PE/VC transaction databases to extract granular deal multiples, buyer profiles, and relevant market context. Build compelling transaction comparables and market positioning materials with integrated data workflows.
For example: "What were Amazon's last 5 acquisitions?"
Public Markets (Hedge Funds)
Consensus estimates and public market analysis
Retrieve analyst consensus estimates for revenue, EBITDA, and EPS, and analyze trends over time to support public equity investment decisions and hedge fund strategies.
Frequently asked questions
What data from S&P Capital IQ is accessible within Blueflame AI?
The integration includes fundamentals, capital structure details, forward-looking consensus estimates, transaction intelligence (M&A and PE/VC), corporate trees, people data, and private equity fund metrics. Exact data access may vary based on your team’s Capital IQ license.
Do Blueflame AI users need a Capital IQ license to access this integration?
Yes. The integration is available to Blueflame AI users with an active Capital IQ license. Data access varies based on your firm’s Capital IQ license agreement and coverage areas.
Which investment professionals and use cases benefit most from this integration?
Private equity professionals conducting due diligence and portfolio monitoring, private credit teams analyzing capital structures and credit risk, investment bankers building buyer lists and transaction comparables, hedge fund analysts combining fundamental and quantitative research, and portfolio operations teams tracking performance metrics across multiple investments all benefit from Blueflame AI's unified data access and AI-driven workflow capabilities.
How does this integration improve deal execution speed and quality?
By unifying Capital IQ's market data with your firm's internal data sources within a single AI-powered platform, teams eliminate time-consuming manual data assembly and reduce the risk of errors from multiple data sources. This allows investment professionals to move more quickly from initial analysis to informed decision-making while maintaining analytical rigor and comprehensive market context.
How is data security and compliance managed within the integration?
Capital IQ data is accessed within Blueflame AI's secure platform, which maintains institutional-grade security protections aligned with your specific license tiers. The platform implements Zero Data Retention policies and meets financial industry regulatory requirements including SOC 2 Type II compliance and enterprise-grade encryption standards.
Getting started with Blueflame AI + S&P Capital IQ
The Blueflame AI + Capital IQ integration is available now for all Blueflame AI users with an active Capital IQ license. Data access and functionality may vary based on your firm's Capital IQ license agreement and coverage areas.
Existing customer?
👉 Contact your Customer Success representative to get started with Blueflame AI’s integration with Capital IQ and begin leveraging unified market data within your existing Blueflame AI workflows.
New to Blueflame?
👉 Request a demo to see how Blueflame AI's integration with S&P Capital IQ helps investment firms focus on decision-making rather than manual data processing and analysis. Experience firsthand how unified data access and AI-driven workflows can transform your investment process and accelerate deal execution across all asset classes.
