Evan B. Morris

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Evan B. Morris was an analyst at PitchBook.

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Evan went east to attend Harvard College where he played baseball and rugby, and graduated with an A.B. in History. While an undergrad, he won a competition put on by Upgrade Capital to land an internship at Fortress Investment Group's Global Macro hedge fund.

Evan spends the bulk of his time on PitchBook's emerging technology coverage, as well as contributing to PitchBook’s PE and M&A research.

Articles by Evan

The emerging blockchain ecosystem: 23 startups you should know

We map out some of the most exciting verticals and companies that investors are betting on to radically change the way payments, financial infrastructure and value transfer work.

Jan 10, 2017

Risk off: Hedge funds shun VC in 2016

Amidst plateauing global equity markets, hedge funds poured into the VC asset class in recent years. The tide has turned in 2016, however.

Mar 25, 2016

Venture Capital

Draghi’s got a gun: ECB easing boon for fintech

Mario Draghi announced that the ECB would be cutting rates once again, pushing deposit rates deeper into negative territory. More notably, he expanded the size and scope of quantitative easing in the region. So what does this mean for PE and investment banks?

Mar 14, 2016

A tribute to the father of the modern-day IPO

Goldman Sachs has announced the retirement of Eric Dobkin, one of the firm’s longest-tenured partners. Dobkin founded Goldman's Equity Capital Markets division, forever changing the IPO by pitching offerings to institutional rather than retail investors. As a tribute, here are five notable PE-backed IPOs underwritten by Goldman.

Mar 10, 2016

The ECB hiked rates into a crisis in 2011: 4 charts looking back on European private markets

Charting data from the PitchBook Platform, we look at how the ECB's 2011 rate hike affected PE activity in Europe.