--- title: "I research anything you need. Here's how, on one example." url: "https://littlebit.dev/method/" description: "You give me a list: companies, people, funds or markets. Agents research every row, in the fields you need. I check every value, or leave it open with its reason. You get it where you already work." --- How it works # I research anything you need. _Here's how, on one example._ You give me a list: companies, people, funds or markets. Agents research every row, in the fields you need. I check every value, or leave it open with its reason. You get it where you already work. Below, one VC firm goes through every step. Then a real result. 1. 01 Your fields You tell me what you need to know and in what shape. 2. 02 I split the work I split your question into tasks, and agents work on them at the same time. 3. 03 Search Agents search the open web and your own sources. 4. 04 Check each value Each value is checked in several steps before I keep it. 5. 05 Settle disagreements I match each company's names across sources, and settle values that disagree. 6. 06 Your data Rows in your fields, with a source and how sure I am on every value. [Skip this section](#what-you-get) ### Step 1 of 6: Your fields Your question becomes the fields every company in the dataset must fill. Research this VC firm. Your fields People name, role, focus Sectors what the fund invests in Stage which rounds it joins Cheque size from its past deals Thesis in the fund's own words Deals each company, and who led it For one VC firm the work splits into tasks: find the fund, its investments, cheque sizes from its past deals, people, and what each portfolio company does. Research this VC firm. - Find the fund - Its investments - Cheque sizes from past deals - People - What each portfolio company does Paid databases run on your own accounts, so the data rights stay clean. Sources searched - Fund website Open web - Portfolio company websites Open web - News and announcements Open web - Company registries Open web - Your CRM and notes Yours - Paid databases Your accounts Separate steps guard against made-up answers: one drafts the value from the sources, one looks for what the draft got wrong, and one keeps the value with its sources or drops it. 01 Draft Read the sources, draft the value 02 Check Look for what the draft got wrong 03 Keep or drop Keep it with its sources, or drop it - Stage: Seed, Series A Kept: the fund's website and two announcements - Sectors: Fintech, B2B software Kept: the portfolio page - People: 4 partners Kept: the fund's team page - Thesis: Consumer apps Dropped: a forum post contradicts the fund Records that name the same company become one, and where sources give different values, I keep one with every source recorded. Company names Northfield Capital Northfield Capital LP Northfield Cap. One company three records joined Cheque size Fund website: $500k to $2M News: $750k to $2.3M Settled $500k to $2.3M, with both sources recorded The data is yours, delivered where you already work. Northfield Capital | Field | Value · source | Level | | --- | --- | --- | | People | 4 partners northfield.example/team | High | | Sectors | Fintech, B2B software northfield.example/portfolio | High | | Stage | Seed, Series A northfield.example/about | High | | Cheque size | $500k to $2.3M northfield.example/about | Medium | | Thesis | Infrastructure for finance teams northfield.example/blog | Medium | | Deals | Ledgerline, led by Maria Lind or Tomas Reyes ledgerline.example/news | Open | ## A real result: _Insight Partners._ Researched from public sources, as of 18 October 2026. Every value has its source or how I counted it, and how sure I am. Insight Partners[insightpartners.com](https://insightpartners.com) Active Global 36 cited claims ### Profile Cheque size $5M–$500M+[insightpartners.com](https://www.insightpartners.com/ideas/global-software-investor-insight-partners-closes-on-12-5b-in-capital-to-invest-in-the-next-generation-of-software-leaders/) “Insight’s flagship funds, including Fund XIII, typically invest between $5 million and $500 million+ in a company, with the ability to invest from the earliest institutional check to IPO.” High Stages From the first institutional cheque to growth and late stage [insightpartners.com](https://www.insightpartners.com/ideas/global-software-investor-insight-partners-closes-on-12-5b-in-capital-to-invest-in-the-next-generation-of-software-leaders/) : “Insight’s flagship funds, including Fund XIII, typically invest between $5 million and $500 million+ in a company, with the ability to invest from the earliest institutional check to IPO.” High Strategies Venture and growth · Structured equity [insightpartners.com](https://www.insightpartners.com/ideas/global-software-investor-insight-partners-closes-on-12-5b-in-capital-to-invest-in-the-next-generation-of-software-leaders/) : “Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies” “The Opportunities Fund provides companies and their investors with alternative financing solutions, typically in the form of structured preferred equity investments” High Top sectors FinTech 40 · Cybersecurity 37 · HealthTech 34 · Data & Analytics 20 Counted from the 286 companies I tracked. Medium Team 11 people I tracked, including 7 Managing Directors[insightpartners.com](https://www.insightpartners.com/team/) The people I tracked, not the whole team. Medium ### Funds | Fund | Size | Year | Source | Level | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Opportunities Fund I | $1.56B | 2021 | [insightpartners.com](https://www.insightpartners.com/ideas/insight-partners-closes-1-56b-opportunities-fund-to-support-market-leading-software-companies/) : “Insight Partners closed at $1.56B with strong support from existing and new Limited Partners.” | High | | Fund XI | $9.5B | 2020 | [insightpartners.com](https://www.insightpartners.com/ideas/insight-partners-closes-growth-equity-technology-fund-xi-at-9-5-billion/) : “Fund XI closed at $9.5 billion” | High | | Fund X | $6.3B | 2018 | [insightpartners.com](https://www.insightpartners.com/ideas/announcing-insights-6-3-billion-fund-x/) : “announced today the close of its Fund X at $6.3 billion” | High | | Fund IX | $3.29B | 2015 | [insightpartners.com](https://www.insightpartners.com/ideas/insight-venture-partners-closes-growth-equity-funds-totaling-4-75-billion-2/) : “Insight Venture Partners IX, L.P., a $3.29 billion fund” | High | | Growth-Buyout Coinvestment Fund | $1.46B | 2015 | [insightpartners.com](https://www.insightpartners.com/ideas/insight-venture-partners-closes-growth-equity-funds-totaling-4-75-billion-2/) : “Insight Venture Partners Growth-Buyout Coinvestment Fund, L.P., a $1.46 billion co-investment vehicle” | High | | 20/20 Vision Capital Fund II | $118M | | [insightpartners.com](https://www.insightpartners.com/ideas/celebrating-black-history-month-at-insight/) : “We are currently investing from 20/20 Vision Capital Fund II, a $118M vehicle.” | Medium No year stated. | ### Track record Deals tracked 89; led or co-led 72% (55 led, 9 co-led) From 89 deals I tracked, not its full history. Medium Median round size Series A $34.5M (16 rounds) · B $35M (25) · C $55M (16) Whole rounds with a disclosed size. Medium Portfolio 286 companies tracked, 24 of them exited. Top countries: US 201 · Israel 20 · UK 15 · Germany 13 [insightpartners.com](https://www.insightpartners.com/about-us/) : “Insight Partners has invested in more than 900 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO.” Insight says 900+ companies; I tracked 286, each with a source. Medium ### Recent deals | Company | Round | Round size | Role | Date | Source | Level | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Higharc | Series C | $95M | Lead | 30 Jun 2026 | [higharc.com](https://www.higharc.com/newsroom/higharc-95m-series-c-for-homebuilding-ai) | High | | ScaleOps | Series C | $130M | Lead | 30 Mar 2026 | [insightpartners.com](https://www.insightpartners.com/ideas/scaleops-raises-130m-series-c-at-over-800m-valuation-to-lead-the-future-of-autonomous-cloud-and-ai-infrastructure-resource-management/) | High | | Rocketlane | Series C | $60M | Lead | 25 Mar 2026 | [rocketlane.com](https://www.rocketlane.com/blogs/series-c) | High | | Wonderful | Series B | $150M | Lead | 12 Mar 2026 | [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/wonderful-raises-150m-series-b-at-2b-valuation/) | Medium One news report. | | Ayar Labs | Series E | $500M | Participant | 3 Mar 2026 | [ayarlabs.com](https://ayarlabs.com/news/ayar-labs-closes-500m-series-e-accelerates-volume-production-of-co-packaged-optics/) | High | Counts are what I tracked, not the firm's full history. Round sizes are the whole round, not Insight's own cheque. High Sources that didn't copy each other agree, or an official record says so. Medium A good source backs it, and I say why the others differ. Open No source settles it yet. You see every answer and the reason. ## When sources disagree, I find out why. Often they don't really disagree: they mean a different round, date or company. I check that first. Then the most credible source wins, and I check it against what really happened. How much does Northfield Capital put into each deal? Fund website About page, 2023 $500k to $2M Used News What it put into four deals, 2024 to 2025 $750k to $2.3M Used Data provider Profile, last updated 2021 Not used: $100k to $500k Out of date, not used Result $500k to $2.3M Medium : A good source backs it, and I say why the others differ. Combines the fund's own range with what it put into four deals. Are these three names the same firm? Fund website About page, northfield.example Northfield Capital Used Official company records Filed in 2022 Northfield Capital LP Used News Article about a deal, 2024 Northfield Cap. Used Result Northfield Capital, one firm High : Sources that didn't copy each other agree, or an official record says so. All three names use one website and one address on file. Who at Northfield led its 2024 investment in Ledgerline? Ledgerline Press release, March 2024 Maria Lind Disagrees with the news News Article about the deal, April 2024 Tomas Reyes Disagrees with the press release Fund website Team page, 2025 Both shown as partners Lists both, not used Result Maria Lind or Tomas Reyes Open : No source settles it yet. You see every answer and the reason. Two sources name different partners. No source shows who led. - ### Details of a deal Sources often give a round different amounts or dates. First I check if they mean the same thing: announced, closed or filed. Official filings and the people in the deal outrank news and databases. - ### Company names One company often goes by several names. I join them only when a registry number, a website or an address matches. If I'm not sure, I keep them apart and tell you. - ### Other facts What a fund says and what it does can differ. I check its statements against its real deals, and show both when they differ. When no source settles it, agents reason it through from several sides, and the answer is marked Medium or Open. Open isn't the end: a second pass, or research on connected facts, often settles it. ## Every step is tested, _not guessed._ For each step I try several approaches. Agents test them side by side on the same data. I keep the one that wins on measured results. On hard calls, several runs with different models check each other. ## Research once, _then keep it running._ Companies change every week. I rerun the same research on the same rows. Every change is marked, with its source. When - On a schedule Every few hours, days or weeks. As often as your data changes. - On a news signal A funding round or a new hire. I research the companies involved. - On your signal A new deal in your CRM, a newsletter mention, or any app. Where Your inbox, your CRM, Slack, your database, a file, or a page I host for you. For developers: API or MCP. Same rows, four runs Changed value Run 01 First run Run 02 Every week Run 03 News signal Run 04 Your signal ## Deep research, _cheap enough for your whole list._ One example: a pipeline I built to research a VC firm in full. 5,000 VC firms researched in depth. $0.73 to research one firm in full. About 37 agents on one firm. Up to 1,000 agents at once. Measured on the VC research system I built at ResearchTech. About 437 model calls per firm, 93.9% prompt-cache hit rate, 131,000 portfolio companies behind the 5,000 firms. ## Your data stays yours. - ### No training AI providers keep none of your data and never train on it. - ### Hosted by me It runs on my servers, so you host nothing. - ### NDA An NDA before the call, if you ask. - ### Your accounts Paid databases run on your own accounts. - ### Yours to keep The data is yours. I can hand over your pipeline. My core tools stay mine. The benchmark against other tools is running. Until it's done, your pilot is the real test: I compare my results with what you use now, on your own list. [See the benchmark](/benchmark/)[How the pilot works](/#risk) ## Bring one research question. [Book a free discovery call](https://cal.com/babyak) or email [yuriy@littlebit.dev](mailto:yuriy@littlebit.dev) ![A cobalt E sculpture casting one long shadow under the light.](/brand/littlebit-e-shadow-v2.webp)