Zalarma vs Dealroom: ecosystem intelligence or a founder's target list?

• Dealroom tracks startups, funding rounds and investors worldwide; Zalarma focuses on US startup investors and fit.
• Dealroom pricing is per seat, billed annually, with a quote on request (as of Nov 2026); it also advertises free access for founders.
• Zalarma covers 33,282 US startup-investor records, including angels and family offices by state (Zalarma investor database, as of 2026-11-01).
• Choose Dealroom for market and ecosystem research or raising outside the US; choose Zalarma for a regional US investor list.

Dealroom and Zalarma both hold investor data, but they serve different jobs. Dealroom is an intelligence platform on startups, founders, funding rounds and tech ecosystems. Its about page says it helps investors find companies, businesses understand markets and governments support their startup ecosystems. Zalarma is an investor database for founders outside the usual circles. It helps them find the angels, angel groups, micro-VCs, family offices and regional funds that fit their stage, sector and city, and plan a warm path to each.

Dealroom details below come from its official pricing, data, about and founder-access pages as published on 2026-11-01. Dealroom's site blocked our automated page check that day, so we relied on the text Dealroom publishes on those pages; confirm the current terms on Dealroom's site before you buy.

At a glance

How they differ in practice

Market intelligence vs investor fit

Dealroom is strong when your question is about a market: who has raised in your space, how much, from whom, and which ecosystems are growing. That's useful for a competitor slide, a market-size argument or a sense of which funds are active in your category.

Zalarma is narrower on purpose. It answers one question for founders: which investors are likely to write a check for this round, in this sector, near this city? You filter by stage, check size, sector, state or metro and investor type, and each profile shows focus, stages, portfolio signals and the public source behind it.

Geography

Dealroom is global, with country guides and rankings for many markets. Zalarma goes deep on the US. Of the US startup investors in our database with a known state, 10,508 are based outside California, New York and Massachusetts, and 8,652 list pre-seed as a stage (Zalarma investor database, as of 2026-11-01). That's the coverage a founder in Ohio, Tennessee or Utah needs to start local. See pre-seed investors in Ohio for an example.

Who shows up

Platforms built from funding-round data naturally emphasize investors who lead or join disclosed rounds. Many early checks come from angels, angel groups and family offices whose deals are never announced. Zalarma includes those investor types as first-class records: angel investors and family offices are examples.

Pricing

Dealroom prices per seat, billed annually, with quotes on request, and advertises free access for eligible founders. Zalarma doesn't publish a price; access to the database is by request, and you can ask for a free match list first.

When to choose Dealroom instead

• You're raising outside the US, or across several countries.
• You need market research: funding trends, competitors, ecosystem reports.
• You qualify for its founder access and want company and round data at no cost for a period.
• Your team needs an API or data feed for company and funding data.

When Zalarma fits better

• You're raising in the US and want investors by state or metro, including angels and family offices near you.
• You want check size and investor type as filters, not only round history.
• You need a plan for warm introductions, not a market report.
• You'd rather start from 5 hand-picked investors, each with a one-line why-they-fit, delivered within 2 business days.

Using both

Use Dealroom to understand your market and see which funds back companies like yours. Use Zalarma to turn that into a ranked US target list with check size, stage and location, then follow our target list guide and warm intro playbook.

Bottom line

Dealroom is a research platform for markets and ecosystems with global reach. Zalarma is a founder's tool for one job: finding the US investors who fit your round and a warm path to them.