Author's Profile

Kyle Stanford, CAIA

Director, VC Research

Kyle Stanford is the director of US venture capital research at PitchBook, where he oversees a team of analysts covering the US venture market. He has developed PitchBook’s coverage areas within nontraditional VC investment, venture debt and VC ecosystem development, as well as our breakout of the venture growth stage of the VC market. He also contributes to quarterly core reports, produces thematic analyst notes on various topics and speaks at industry conferences such as SXSW and Collision. He is regularly cited in top-tier publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and Axios, and has been featured in segments on CNBC, Bloomberg, and Yahoo Finance. Prior to this role, he worked on PitchBook’s publishing team, building custom reports across all asset classes and managing the development of analyst core research reports. 

Stanford received a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Washington and is a CAIA charterholder. He is based in PitchBook’s Seattle office. 

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Articles by Kyle Stanford

Global Private Market Fundraising Report

The Q1 2026 Global Private Market Fundraising Report offers a definitive review of the private market fund landscape with fundraising, cash flow, dry powder, and AUM data across geographies and seven strategies, including private equity and venture capital.
May 22, 2026

PitchBook Analyst Note: SPACs at VC’s Gate

SPACs return after a 75% deSPAC index decline. The 2024 SEC overhaul tightened the rules, but with 25% of unicorns stalled since 2022, whether discipline follows structure remains the open question.
May 11, 2026

US VC Valuations and Returns Report

The Q1 2026 US VC Valuations and Returns Report delves into the sizes and valuations of the quarter’s US VC deals and examines the most recent returns data, highlighting deals with nontraditional investor participation and examining valuations by select sectors.
May 11, 2026

PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor

The Q1 2026 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor presents a data-driven overview of the key trends defining the US venture capital landscape.
April 14, 2026

The global VC multiverse

PitchBook’s Q1 2026 VC First Looks reveal preliminary venture industry figures for the global, US, and European markets in Q1.
April 2, 2026

PitchBook Analyst Note: Crude Awakening: How High Oil Prices Impact Private Markets

This analyst note examines how sustained, high oil prices create asymmetric risks across private equity, venture capital, and private credit, with inflation persistence posing the greatest long-term threat to the broader private markets complex.
March 30, 2026

PitchBook Analyst Note: When Access to VC Becomes a Liability

Venture secondaries offer access to top private companies—but fraud, opacity, and weak oversight threaten to make them the next cautionary tale in private markets.
March 24, 2026

The mega IPOs that could shut out the rest of VC

They could be the tide that lifts all boats—or the wave that capsizes the market.
March 19, 2026

PitchBook Analyst Note: Mega IPOs Could Threaten 2026 IPO Class

This analyst note examines the potential 2026 IPOs of SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic and the implications these listings could have on VC liquidity and the broader IPO market.
March 18, 2026

PitchBook Analyst Note: Differentiating VC Returns by Series Across US Regions

This analyst note examines how US venture capital is concentrating in AI and coastal hubs, how returns shift by stage across regions, and what outsized exits mean for risk and capital.
March 6, 2026