Private equity firms have been taking tech companies private at an increasing clip. This uptick is especially of interest not only due to the broader economic and financial markets' conditions, but also because it represents an evolution beyond the macro shift of PE pushing into software, which became a marked trend during the 2010s. The latest research note from our PE analyst team explores the characteristics of the evolving tech take-private, featuring various insights such as the fact PE firms are targeting faster-growing public tech companies than may be expected at first.