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featured report
July 18, 2018
3Q 2018
July 16, 2018
Blockchain technology is developing at a rapid clip. To address the evolution of this nascent technology, we present an updated version of our blockchain market map. Following the explosion of crypto-trading at the end of 2017, blockchain startups have rapidly expanded their investment-related products. As specific use cases and areas of demand have emerged, startups have adapted to meet both regulatory concerns and consumer demands. Subsequently, we’ve seen a flush of investment go toward startups focusing on crypto-investment, compliance and enterprise solutions, among the multiple segments demarcated within the market map.
2Q 2018
July 11, 2018
The latest US PE Breakdown serves as a snapshot of the primary trends shaping the entire US private equity landscape, midway through 2018. With analysis of primary investment and exit trends, to a spotlight on long-dated funds, the report also contains multiple datasets, such as dealmaking by size and sector.
2Q 2018
July 09, 2018
Maybe more than ever before, the first half of 2018 embodied the high level of capital availability throughout the US venture industry. $57.5 billion was invested across 4,000 deals, pacing the year to surpass 2017's decade-high total for capital invested by the end of next quarter. Never since the dot-com era has so much capital flowed into every stage. The 2Q 2018 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, written in partnership with Silicon Valley Bank, Perkins Coie and Solium, analyzes the data behind the continued boom for US VC, looking at deals, exits and fundraising through the lens all participants in the market. This edition contains breakdowns of corporate VC, mega-deals and nontraditional investment, as well as a Q&A on the life sciences market.
3Q 2018
July 03, 2018
The rapid advancements in bandwidth and cloud infrastructure over the past two decades enabled a new wave of cloud-native software firms to provide powerful software solutions directly via the internet. This cloud-based business model has since been dubbed as software-as-a-service (SaaS) and has seen massive adoption by upstart companies looking to disrupt the legacy, on-premise software providers and incumbents adding a cloud-based offering. Because of the limitations of traditional analysis techniques and our familiarity with SaaS businesses, we created a framework to provide a comprehensive lens through which to view these companies. This piece is meant to serve as a starting point for company analysis and as a guide to some of the most important data points of SaaS businesses.
2Q 2018
June 28, 2018
PitchBook's latest analyst note provides an in-depth review of how recent US tax reform will impact private equity, spanning the impact on portfolio companies to timing of liquidity.
2Q 2018
June 25, 2018
PitchBook's latest analyst note introduces a framework for deeper evaluation of venture ecosystems within the US, focusing on three primary key indicators of ecosystem development.
2018
June 20, 2018
The PitchBook Global PE & VC Fund Performance Report provides expert analysis of the latest trends in private markets' fund performance. Our analysts pore through myriad data points on fund classes from buyout to secondaries to assess the health of the industry, providing multiple key insights gleaned from the slew of datasets.
2Q 2018
June 18, 2018
The PitchBook Private Market PlayBook is a quarterly magazine that delivers up-to-date analysis of private markets, with special features of topics relevant to the patterns and trends visible across the asset classes.
2018
June 13, 2018
PitchBook Benchmarks leverage a differentiated data collection process that results in one of the most robust fund performance datasets in the market. Further, we're able to provide visibility into the underlying funds and metrics used to construct each benchmark. Every edition includes a range of performance statistics across PE, VC, debt, real assets, fund-of-funds and secondaries strategies. In this edition, we feature a special section that examines fund performance persistence across both PE and VC.
1H 2018
June 12, 2018
The 1H 2018 Canadian PE & VC FactBook presents a deep, data-driven review of the latest trends characterizing the Canadian private equity and venture capital landscapes, ranging from dealmaking to fundraising.