Independent reviews from sport and entertainment rights holders

Real feedback from sponsorship and commercial teams who use Pearlfinders to accelerate growth.

Getting inspiration on new brands ahead of meetings

"I have used Pearlfinders for a number of years, it's great for getting inspiration on new brands to speak with, and to enrich my understanding of a brand's current challenges and partnerships ahead of a meeting."

Forging connections with potential sponsors more easily

"Pearlfinders is an invaluable sales intelligence resource. From the forward-looking insights to the decision-maker contact database, it allows our team to forge connections with new potential sponsors more easily than if we were researching manually."

Finding new trends and deeper industry insights

"Pearlfinders is such a great platform. I work a lot with our sales team to find them new contacts, new leads and promising sectors to look into. It's very useful for us to find new trends and have deeper insights about the industry. The reports are awesome, and the contacts are the relevant ones."

An invaluable part of commercial and partnerships strategy

"Pearlfinders has become an invaluable part of our commercial and partnerships strategy. The platform goes far beyond basic contact data, giving us genuinely useful insight into which brands are worth targeting and, crucially, why now is the right time to approach them."

A trusted part of the research toolkit for assessing brand opportunities

"Pearlfinders has been a useful part of our research toolkit at Druid Sport since 2022. The insights are easy to navigate and support more informed thinking when assessing potential brand opportunities and strategic direction. It's a strong source of brand intelligence that complements our wider research and planning work."

Identifying buying signals from brands around the world

The Client: 54 is a sports and entertainment agency operating across UK, Europe, MENA, APAC and USA, working with rights holders, governing bodies, household brands and major investors.

"Pearlfinders' insights have been invaluable in helping us identify buying signals from brands around the world. Their platform makes it easy to find the right contacts and background intelligence, saving our team significant time and effort."

Uncovering opportunities beyond the traditional sponsorship landscape

"Pearlfinders is transformative, enabling me to uncover brand opportunities well beyond our traditional sponsorship landscape, while equipping me with the intelligence and connections to engage brands with real insight. Delivering tangible wins for 2025 and a strong, actionable pipeline for 2026."

Playing an important role in the Club's data-driven commercial approach

"Pearlfinders' in-depth market intelligence plays an important role in the Club's data-driven approach to the commercial lifecycle."

Invaluable in the search for large scale sponsors

"Pearlfinders has been invaluable in the search for large scale corporate and private sponsors. I wouldn't be without Pearlfinders going forward."

Brokering multi-year partnership agreements

"We've advised and brokered a multi-year partnership agreement for a company found on Pearlfinders, and we look forward to many more!"

An easy-to-navigate tool for industry trends and contacts

"The platform is nice and easy to navigate and a useful tool to go to for industry trends, latest news and finding contact information."

Cutting to the chase in a fast-moving B2B landscape

"Pearlfinders is a great tool to cut to the chase, up-to-date and easy to navigate. The platform helps us to save time when navigating the B2B landscape."

Keeping abreast of global sponsorship trends and developments

"Pearlfinders is a great platform to keep abreast of global trends and developments in the world of sports sponsorships."

Continuing to support an expanding commercial partnerships roster

"The platform is easy to navigate and we will continue to use Pearlfinders as SailGP expands its commercial partnerships roster."

Building brand relationships on an international scale

The Client: Amaury Sport Organisation owns, designs and organises top international sporting events including Le Tour de France and the Dakar Rally, running 240 days of competition across 25 countries.

Pierre-Arthur May, Chef de Projet Business Intelligence: "For some years now, Pearlfinders' data and insights have been an integral part of our approach to brand research at ASO. The platform has helped us to build relationships with brands on an international scale, and saves our internal teams hours of time allowing us to focus on what we do best."

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Generating significant ROI for commercial outreach

The Client: The Professional Cricketers' Association is the representative body of past and present first-class cricketers in England & Wales, founded in 1967, with partners including Natwest, New Balance and Hays.

Richard Morris, Business Insights Manager: "From a lead generation and market intelligence standpoint, we view our Pearlfinders subscription as a valuable extension to our commercial outreach activity. Having up-to-date contact details across various sectors has enabled us to generate significant ROI, especially when integrated with our CRM software."

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