Signs point to an improving climate for US private markets
The private markets were mired in a slower deal and exit environment in 2023. Deal volume of buyouts, growth equity, and VC investments dropped by 47.8%, 44.9%, and 61.8%, respectively, in Q4 from the high-water marks set in Q4 2021.
But encouraging economic indicators, improving credit conditions, and the upturn in public market performance signal that private market investors may soon be out of the woods, according to our Q1 2024 Quantitative Perspectives: US Market Insights report.