Costin referenced PitchBook by name in the context of a hypothetical acquisition scenario, describing a $40 million all-cash offer as the kind of approach a company like PitchBook might make. He declined the hypothetical, citing continued growth potential and the importance of culture to product quality. No financial or operational figures about PitchBook were stated by Costin as that company's confirmed data; the reference was illustrative only.
Costin also noted that the word database is a dirty word in the investment industry because most competing data products are stale, positioning Dakota's continuously updated, fundraiser-built dataset as its primary differentiator against unnamed alternatives.