Small Business Showcase: LexPro Research

Each month, we profile a Connecticut small business, showcasing the ingenuity and innovation driving the state’s economy. For December, we’re featuring Stamford-based LexPro Research, a leading provider of domestic and international risk mitigation and business intelligence services.

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When was your company founded?

2006

What does your company do? What service does your company provide?

LexPro Research is an elite provider of high-level domestic and international due diligence and background research, specializing in hand-crafted comprehensive intelligence reporting to the financial services and investment banking industry, in addition to other organizations, including private equity, family offices, venture capitalists, and many more. 

Leveraging a unique research methodology and over three decades of investigative experience, LexPro Research offers unwavering client service and comprehensive reporting that is unmatched in the due diligence industry.

How many employees work for your company?

10-20

Who are your customers?

Our clientele is anyone involved in a financial transaction who wants to mitigate their risk exposure.

Clients include those in the financial services, investment banking and legal industry, especially private equity firms, investment bankers, venture capitalists, lenders, hedge funds, fund of funds, family offices, nonprofit institutions, high net worth individuals, and others. 

What makes your company unique?

LexPro Research utilizes a proprietary research methodology that is multi-faceted.

At the forefront, our researchers are highly trained experienced professionals in this industry, all based in the U.S. 

Our approach does not rely on computer algorithms and we do not supply data dumps. Our research is deep dive, using multiple layers of sophisticated investigative resources to conduct the research and our reporting is hand-crafted with salient and insightful details.

With over three decades of due diligence experience, our approach is unique and best-in-class with unmatched customer service and client response.

What is a fun fact about your business or its history?

LexPro Research was recruited to participate in providing assistance to the Madoff investigation, giving us national exposure.

Why did you choose Connecticut?

Connecticut is the nexus of the alternate investment field.

What is the greatest advantage to operating in Connecticut?

Connecticut is small business friendly.

How do you try to give back to your community?

We are dog lovers at LexPro Research, and one of our partners co-founded the Connecticut chapter to rescue and adopt greyhounds. 

Where do you see your company in five years? Ten years?

On a positive growth track.

What is the main thing policymakers could implement to make your company more competitive?

Re-emphasize employer-centric incentives to remain in Connecticut.