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Kevin Dowd

Senior Financial Writer

Kevin Dowd wrote The Weekend Pitch newsletter for PitchBook, covering startups, buyouts and the rest of the private market.

A native of the Pacific Northwest, he’s an alumnus of the University of Washington with a degree in creative writing and journalism. He enjoys books and basketball and, most especially, books about basketball. He feels uncomfortable writing about himself in the third person.

Articles by Kevin Dowd

10 big things: PE, NFTs and investing in sports scarcity

Investments in rugby and sports trading cards join massive debuts from Roblox and Coupang, crypto mega-rounds and more in our recap of the week.
March 13, 2021

10 big things: Instacart leads a delivery gold rush

Investors can’t get enough of delivery startups, which joins Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, casinos, psychedelics and more in our recap of the week.
March 6, 2021

9 big things: Coinbase takes crypto to Wall Street

Coinbase has formally filed for a direct listing, which joins Paul Ryan, Lucid Motors, telecom transactions and more in our recap of the week.
February 27, 2021

9 big things: Alden Global, Facebook and the future of news

Alden Global’s latest controversial newspaper acquisition joins a comedy troupe, Mars, dot-com startups and more in our recap of the week.
February 20, 2021

10 big things: Social media’s next generation

Reddit, Bumble, Clubhouse and other red-hot apps join truck tech, SPAC rainmakers, flying taxis and more in our recap of the week.
February 13, 2021

10 big things: A VC-backed bet on teen sports superstars

Overtime’s plans for a league to showcase basketball influencers joins Robinhood, Jeff Bezos and new VC mega-deals in our recap of the week.
February 6, 2021

11 big things: The seismic saga of GameStop and Robinhood

One of the strangest weeks in Wall Street history joins a potential WeWork SPAC, Clubhouse, and roundball ROI in our recap of the week.
January 30, 2021

9 big things: The race to build the next Tesla

Billions in new funding for Rivian and Cruise join flowers, founders, vape pens, cruise ships and more in our recap of the week.
January 23, 2021

10 big things: Affirm leads a feeding frenzy for fintech

Affirm’s massive IPO and a host of other fintech happenings join pets, politics, music rights, edible insects and more in our recap of the week.
January 16, 2021

10 big things: The remarkable rise of Roblox

Roblox’s new $29.5 billion valuation and looming IPO join a SPAC deal for SoFi, a herd of new unicorns and more in our recap of the week.
January 9, 2021