The private markets continue to increase in value and opportunity. To compete, it’s important to have insight into the flow of capital across the entire venture capital, private equity and M&A landscape—not to mention the public markets.
PitchBook can help you see which companies have made any type of exit of whatever size, in any date range, location and industry. This could include identifying all PE-backed exits of healthcare companies through a secondary buyout since 2018, for example, or screening for all transactions where a specific investor was involved.
Here’s how it works.
Researching exit activity of sponsor-backed companies
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Conduct a companies & deals search |
Note that you shouldn’t fill out any of the fields within the “Deal Criteria” or "Deal Type" tabs when using the “Exit/Liquidity” tab for this search. The search criteria for these tabs could conflict.
This tab will set up the following advanced search fields for you to select from.
Check “completed” to search only for deals that have been executed.
Under “Other Filters,” you have the option to see PE-backed exits or VC-backed exits.
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Further refine your search criteria |
Exit amount, min. and max. post valuation and exit date range are common fields used in conjunction with exit status and type. You can also refine your list by specific seller or acquirer name. To look for a list of companies whose current financing status matches the exit criteria you’ve set, check the “Only Search the Most Recent Transaction” box.
The results will be a list of companies that have exited according the criteria you’ve set. Note that these companies could have gone through other stages of financing after the exit type you’ve screened for in your search, unless you select the “Only Search the Most Recent Transaction” box. Click the “Industry or Vertical” dropdown to see how companies are categorized. You can also type in keywords that will pull companies into the search results based on their business description.
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