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

PitchBook Analyst Note: The Bay Area Still Holds the Keys to VC

While the recent narrative has been that the Bay Area VC industry is in decline, the data shows this is likely not the case.
February 24, 2021

PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor

The Q4 2020 edition of PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor offers a definitive review of the US venture industry, breaking down trends across dealmaking, exits and fundraising.
January 12, 2021

PitchBook Analyst Note: 2021 US Venture Capital Outlook

Our 2021 Venture Capital Outlook forecasts trends that will shape the US VC industry in the upcoming year and reviews our analysts’ predictions from 2020.
December 10, 2020

PitchBook Analyst Note: CVC’s Sea Change: Tracking the Strategy’s Shift

This recent analyst note tracks how the corporate venture strategy has changed since the global financial crisis.
December 8, 2020

US VC Valuations Report

The latest edition of the US VC Valuations Report dives into the changes in deal terms and valuations across stages during the third quarter of 2020.
November 22, 2020

PitchBook Analyst Note: What’s Next for Equity Crowdfunding?

On November 2, the SEC reached agreement on updates to several JOBS Act crowdfunding regulations that aim to broaden the reach and increase the viability of crowdfunding campaigns.
November 15, 2020

PitchBook Analyst Note: Estimating VC Deal and Exit Counts

This analyst note examines the methodology behind deal and exit count estimations in the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor.
October 11, 2020

PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor

The Q3 2020 edition of PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor offers a definitive review of the US venture industry, breaking down trends across dealmaking, exits and fundraising.
October 11, 2020

PitchBook Analyst Note: Angels: Foundational Investors to VC

Angel investors are, in many ways, the backbone of VC. In this research note we look at angel VC investment trends as well as how angel dynamics have kept up with changes in the VC market.
August 31, 2020

US VC Valuations Report

The latest edition of the US VC Valuations Report dives into the changes in deal terms and valuations across stages during the second quarter of 2020.
August 23, 2020