Author's Profile

Ryan Prete

Financial Writer

Ryan Prete covers technology and private equity deal-making for PitchBook from the San Francisco Bay Area. He previously has been a tax policy reporter for Bloomberg News in Washington, and he covered cybersecurity-related legislation and policy for Inside Washington Publishers. He is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Articles by Ryan Prete

Private equity’s mega-funds are making big moves in 2021

It appears that mega-funds are the hot private equity investing topic of the year.
July 26, 2021

Two new mega-funds pile into climate-focused fund frenzy

TPG and Brookfield Asset Management are in the process of raising climate-focused mega-funds geared toward a sustainable future.
July 26, 2021

PE tech investors move beyond their traditional hunting grounds

Private equity dealmakers are breaking geographic norms established over the past decade and looking beyond tech bubbles like Silicon Valley and New York.
June 30, 2021

Cloudera take-private deal signals Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s rising tech ambitions

The $5.3 billion acquisition of cloud-analytics specialist Cloudera could mark a tech watershed moment for private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
June 1, 2021

Investors wager on US sports betting as legalization spreads

Sports betting is taking the nation by storm, and private equity and venture capital firms are continuing to flood the market.
May 2, 2021