Research informs the thesis. We anchor it at IC.
Synaptic is private-markets research intelligence — strong for thematic research, sector signal, and pre-engagement context. Capital Refinery sits above it as the decision integrity layer that takes over once a specific deal moves into underwriting.
The stack researches. Capital Refinery governs the decision.
What Synaptic owns
Research-driven intelligence and market signal.
Strong for thematic research, sector signal, and pre-engagement context. Useful for early-stage intelligence gathering. The right tool for the research and discovery layer.
What Capital Refinery owns
The IC decision and the drift after it.
Lane-aware IC memo from raw deal pack, Risk Signals graded against firm policy, source-backed numbers, IC anchor on approval, drift tracking, signed exports.
Why teams run both
Synaptic informs the thesis. Capital Refinery defends it at IC.
Research feeds the thesis. Capital Refinery turns the thesis into a defensible IC record. Different surfaces, complementary stacks.
Keep Synaptic for research. Add the layer that governs the decision.
Bring us a deal where the research is done and the underwriting is starting. Same-day diagnostic pack back.
Keep Synaptic if you need alt-data and signals on private companies. Use Capital Refinery when you need a neutral, evidence-backed readiness artifact that shows what will survive institutional review.
Capital Refinery is the institutional measurement layer. It does not replace Synaptic; it sits next to it. The decision to engage is a routing decision, not a swap.
Working with an advisor or AI consultant? Use CR as the independent measurement layer via the Modernization Impact Review. Want to shape the methodology? Apply as a design partner.