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

US VC Valuations Report

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PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor

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Greater China Venture Report

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PitchBook Analyst Note: Analyzing the IPO Market Outlook

This analyst note examines past IPOs and current market conditions to provide a more holistic view of IPO market expectations for the next few quarters.
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Global Private Market Fundraising Report

The Q2 2023 Global Private Market Fundraising Report offers a definitive review of the global venture industry, breaking down trends across dealmaking, exits, and fundraising.
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Public BDC Venture Lender Earnings

This analyst note explores key themes in the Q2 2023 earnings calls for the public BDCs engaged in venture debt.
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PitchBook Analyst Note: Accounting for the Overcapitalization of VC

This analyst note uses the PitchBook capital-demand-to-supply model to examine how the immense amount of capital that entered the market in 2020 and 2021 impacted the dynamics of VC.
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US VC Valuations Report

The Q2 2023 US VC Valuations Report delves into sizes and valuations of the quarter’s US VC deals.
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