Author's Profile

Kyle Stanford

Director, VC Research

Kyle Stanford, CAIA, 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

Column: Why drones are so much more than cameras

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I can understand why some people bring up privacy concerns as their issue with drones. But there are almost endless uses for drones to categorize them simply as a nuisance.
June 6, 2016

Snapchat, Pivotal Labs, Viptela: The largest VC valuation jumps of May

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Using the PitchBook Platform, which tracks over 25,000 VC valuations, we pulled May’s completed funding rounds in the U.S. and ranked them by largest valuation step-up multiple and post-money dollar increase.
June 1, 2016

A visual look at the performance of 2016’s U.S. VC-backed IPOs

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Just 12 VC-backed U.S. companies have completed an IPO this year, including zero in tech. But wait. There’s hope. Twilio has filed as not just the first tech company, but also as the first unicorn since Square.
May 31, 2016

The state of New England’s VC industry

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New England has seen a steep decline in deal count and overall deal value during the past two quarters, after seeing a high in both categories during 3Q 2015. Here’s a breakdown of VC activity in New England.
May 19, 2016

Apple joins ridesharing fray, invests $1 billion in Uber rival Didi Chuxing

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As if the ridesharing battle needed another huge corporation stepping into the ring in some capacity, Apple has invested $1 billion in Didi Chuxing (f.k.a. Didi Kuaidi), Uber’s chief rival in China.
May 17, 2016

Lyft/GM partnership to put self-driving cars on the road within a year

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General Motors paid $1.5 billion between its investment in Lyft and the purchase of autonomous driving technology Cruise. It has now partnered with Lyft to create a test program for self-driving cars.
May 11, 2016

Up and to the right: April’s biggest valuation jumps

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354 VC deals were closed by U.S. startups in April. We put together lists of the largest valuation jumps by step-up multiple and post-money jump, as well as notable flat rounds.
May 9, 2016

Draft day: NFL team valuations vs. VC-backed cos.

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The NFL is a runaway value train, with the average team value jumping 38% from 2014 to 2015. With the NFL Draft upon us, we compare the highest valued teams with VC companies.
May 2, 2016

As drones attract increased VC funding, a nemesis is born

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More than $550 million was invested in drones in 2015 alone. SkySafe has just raised a seed round as it develops technology safe from the prying eyes of drones and their operators.
April 27, 2016

Relentless pursuit of unicorn status leads to unhealthy balance in VC

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The venture funding arms race that over the last few years has drawn companies to raise larger and larger rounds, creating a hold behind the $1 billion+ valuation bucket.
April 25, 2016