I was a FINRA registered investment banker before becoming a lender/factor at Seacoast. I still maintain my data base of investors/lenders. It contains private equity funds, venture capital funds, family offices, mezzanine funds, alternative lenders/funders, etc. It is sorted by sector, size, location, and has recent portfolio company names. I also maintain a list of all my most of my competitors in the same manner. The list is over 1500 institutions deep and grows on a regular basis. When I was working an investment banking transaction I would populate a road-map using this list to keep track of deals. It is and was a ton of work, but it has to be done.