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Hebrides Skye and data rooms for capital raising
A data room stores and shares what the company has already prepared. Hebrides Skye starts a step earlier: it builds the room and the materials from the company’s own data, values the company on the numbers investors will see, and gives investors a workspace inside the room.
The tools companies use today
Datasite calls itself “the essential M&A infrastructure” and now offers AI inside the data room to answer questions and spot gaps. Intralinks, part of SS&C, describes an AI-enabled platform for M&A, fundraising and financing, including AI redaction. Firmex offers “simplified data rooms for complex projects”. DocSend, now part of Dropbox, and Papermark began with tracked document sharing for founders and now offer data rooms too; Papermark adds an AI copilot.
What Hebrides Skye adds
Skye connects to the data the company already has and files every document into a standard structure for its stage and sector. It builds the pitch deck, business plan and financial model from that data, with every figure traceable. It runs an independent valuation and a Mayar forecast on the same numbers, so the company knows where it will be challenged before the first meeting. Investors work inside the room through Hebrides Lewis, and the company decides what each one sees.
Side by side
| Measure | A traditional data room | Hebrides Skye |
|---|---|---|
| How the room is built | You gather, upload and index the documents | Connect the file store, CRM and accounting once; documents are filed into a standard structure for the company’s stage and sector |
| Materials | Prepared elsewhere and uploaded | Pitch deck, business plan and financial model built from the connected data, every figure traced to its source |
| Valuation | Not part of a data room | An independent valuation and a Mayar forecast on your own numbers, before investors run theirs |
| What investors do inside | Read, download and ask questions; some rooms now add AI question-answering | Work inside the room through Hebrides Lewis, with every figure cited to its passage |
| Access | Permissions per user or group, with view tracking | Set per investor, every view logged, questions answered once with your sign-off |
| After the round | The room is usually closed or archived | Data flows to your investors on schedule, with commentary held until you sign it off |
| Availability | Available now | Founding cohort now; launches before the end of 2026 |
When a traditional data room is the better choice
A large M&A sale with many bidders, where buyers expect a particular provider. Or a raise that starts before Skye opens to everyone. For a short teaser to a handful of investors, a tracked sharing link is enough.
When Hebrides Skye is the better choice
A company raising capital, or the adviser running its raise, that wants the room, the materials, the valuation and the investor questions in one place, with the company’s data protected and every figure traceable. How Hebrides Skye works.
Questions
Is Hebrides Skye available now?
Skye is open to a founding cohort and launches before the end of 2026. If your raise starts sooner, a data room you already use is the practical choice, and we can talk about moving the raise into Skye once it opens.
Can Allermuir Capital run the raise for us?
Yes. Our team can prepare the materials, identify and approach investors who fit the round, and manage the process through to completion, subject to compliance sign-off for each mandate.
Competitor information is taken from each vendor’s own site and is vendor-reported. Last checked 15 November 2026. Datasite, Intralinks, Firmex, DocSend and Papermark are trade marks of their owners.
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Raise on the same footing as the investors across the table.
Hebrides Skye opens to a founding cohort before the end of 2026.
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