Key facts
- Pricing
- Quote per project
- Free trial
- Not listed
- Hosting
- Cloud
- SOC 2
- Yes
- ISO 27001
- Yes
- Founded
- 2016
- Headquarters
- United States
Overview
Venue comes from Donnelley Financial Solutions, a financial printer and filing agent. It lists Q&A, watermarks, view control, redaction and bulk upload, and it fits teams that already use DFIN for SEC filings.
The research file rates its interface the hardest to learn in this group, and the price is only on request. For an IPO or a registered offering run with DFIN, the link to filing work can matter more.
Raises it suits
IPO preparation, registered and Reg A offerings filed through DFIN and capital markets work run by a bank.
Scores on five raise criteria
Venue by DFIN scores 6.2 overall. Its highest criterion is permission control at 6.9. The black mark on each bar is the mean of the 16 rooms on this site.
How each criterion is calculated: scoring approach.
Mean of the 16 rooms on this site
Strengths
- Tied to filing and capital markets work
- Redaction and Q&A listed
- ISO 27001 and SOC 2 listed
- Familiar to capital markets teams
Gaps to check
- Quote-only pricing
- No free trial listed
- Interface rated hardest to learn
Features for a raise
6 of the 12 features we track are listed by Venue by DFIN. Not listed: nda e-sign step, native mobile app, api access, sso for your team, 2-step verification, ai features.
| Feature | Venue by DFIN | Why it matters in a raise |
|---|---|---|
| Q&A module | LPs and lead investors post questions on a file; the deal team routes each one, drafts a reply and decides who sees it. | |
| Investor activity log | A per-investor record of opens, pages and minutes, which tells the IR team who is in diligence and who stalled. | |
| Dynamic watermarks | Stamps the reader and a timestamp over every page, so a PPM that leaks carries its source with it. | |
| Built-in redaction | Masks fee splits, investor names or personal data in place, with no edited duplicate to keep in sync. | |
| NDA e-sign step | Confidentiality terms an investor must accept in the room before folder one appears. | |
| Native mobile app | An installed app for phones and tablets, on top of reading in the mobile browser. | |
| API access | Lets a CRM or an internal script add investors, push files or pull the activity record. | |
| SSO for your team | Staff on the issuer side log in with the company identity provider rather than a separate password. | |
| 2-step verification | A code or an approval on a second device every time someone logs in. | |
| Drag-and-drop folders | An entire numbered folder tree goes up in a single drop, structure intact. | |
| View-only files | Files can be read but not saved or printed, and the setting can change mid-raise without a new invite. | |
| AI features | Help the vendor lists, for example summaries, search across documents, automatic filing or draft answers. |
Venue by DFIN pricing for a raise
Venue by DFIN prices each project on request. The figures below use our institutional platforms band, which is a planning range, not a vendor quote.
Company round
$5,600 to $15,600
4 months, 3 users, planning band
Fund raise
$19,600 to $54,600
10 months, 4 users, planning band
Real estate raise
$8,400 to $23,400
3 months, 2 users, planning band
Debt raise
$5,900 to $16,400
3 months, 3 users, planning band
Compare the cost of your own raise
-
Ellty $596Listed price Visit Ellty -
Venue by DFIN $5,600 to $15,600Planning band Pricing notes
USD before tax, for the full raise period. Vendor list prices where published; elsewhere our planning bands, which are budgeting ranges and never a vendor quote. Get a written price before you commit.
Where Venue by DFIN fits
Out of 92 raise types we rank, these are the ones where Venue by DFIN places highest.
Security, setup and support
Vendor-led onboarding, often through the same DFIN team that handles filings.
Certifications in our research file: SOC 2, ISO 27001. Two-step login is not listed. Dynamic watermarks are listed. Request the newest attestation report before LPs or lenders start reading.
Before you sign: six hands-on checks
- Recreate your real index (01 Offering, 02 Terms...) and drop one full folder in.
- Send an invite to your own personal inbox and count the clicks to the first document.
- Lock the financial model to reading only, then try to print and save it as that test reader.
- Check that the test reader's name shows on the page and that the visit appears in the log.
- Post a mock LP question and route it to a colleague for the reply.
- Pull the activity export and compare it with what your IR file or CRM needs.
Venue by DFIN alternatives
Venue by DFIN: questions and answers
What will Venue by DFIN cost over a raise?
Venue by DFIN does not publish a price; each project is quoted. For planning we place it in our institutional platforms band: about $5,600 to $15,600 for a four-month company round. Ask the vendor for a written quote.
Can I try Venue by DFIN before paying?
No trial is recorded for Venue by DFIN. Plan on a sales demo and a written quote.
Can investors ask diligence questions inside Venue by DFIN?
Yes. A Q&A module is listed, so a DDQ follow-up or a lender query can be raised, routed and closed without leaving Venue by DFIN.
What security attestations does Venue by DFIN list?
Our research file records SOC 2, ISO 27001. Before signing, request the latest report under NDA and check its date and scope.