Sentieo (acquired by AlphaSense in 2022) was a financial research platform designed to help analysts overlay private notes on public filings. While the brand has largely been integrated into AlphaSense, the comparison remains the same: Sentieo is for research management; Colabra is for diligence execution.
Sentieo was built to organise an analyst's thoughts. It allowed you to highlight text in SEC filings, tag transcripts, and manage your investment thesis. It was a productivity tool for the "public side" investor managing a portfolio of ideas.
Colabra is built to execute a specific transaction. We do not just manage notes; we process the raw evidence. We ingest the VDR to verify the target's assertions against the documents. Sentieo helps you track what you think; Colabra helps you verify what is true.
Research Management Systems (RMS) like Sentieo are designed for static documents (PDFs, annual reports) that don't change. M&A data rooms are dynamic—sellers upload new files, delete old ones, and rename folders constantly. Colabra is built to handle this chaos, automatically tracking version changes and new uploads so you never miss a risk.
Sentieo is ticker-based (searching for "AAPL"). Colabra is entity-based. We map the complex web of private subsidiaries, holding companies, and SPVs that make up a private equity target—structures that often don't have a ticker symbol.