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M&A Report

May 1, 2019

PitchBook’s M&A Report provides an overview of key factors shaping mergers and acquisitions each quarter and what will prove most impactful in the quarters to come.

PitchBook Analyst Note: Payments Mega-Deals and the Dripping Disruption of Incumbents

March 25, 2019

This analyst note discusses recent payment mega-deals that underscore the gradual disruption of incumbent payment service providers.

PitchBook Analyst Note: Brookfield's Acquisition of Oaktree

March 14, 2019

This analyst note explores Brookfield's acquisition of Oaktree and potential ramifications on the M&A environment for private market asset managers.

Private Market PlayBook

March 12, 2019

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.

PitchBook Analyst Note: Azuqua's Down Round

March 11, 2019

While cloud integration services remain in high demand, the recent Azuqua acquisition (at a down valuation) speaks to the difficulties facing startups in this space as scaling remains complicated and new technologies pose existential threats.

M&A Report

January 30, 2019

PitchBook’s M&A Report provides an overview of key factors shaping mergers and acquisitions each quarter and what will prove most impactful in the quarters to come.

Private Market PlayBook

December 3, 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.

M&A Report

October 31, 2018

In the 3Q 2018 M&A Report, PitchBook analysts canvass what appears to be another banner year of mergers & acquisitions across Europe and North America, with activity bolstered by low-cost financing but vulnerable to climbing interest rates. Through 3Q 2018, M&A activity saw an estimated $2.4 trillion in total M&A deal value (12.0% YoY decrease) across 15,249 transactions (7.5% YoY decrease). Multiples remained elevated and converged across both regions, with the valuation gap between Europe and North America vanishing.

Private Market PlayBook

September 12, 2018

The Private Market PlayBook is a magazine dedicated to bringing readers analysis of the PE, VC and M&A markets. The 3Q edition focuses on how private markets are reshaping the urban landscape.

M&A Report

August 8, 2018

M&A activity has remained stable at elevated levels across North America and Europe in 2Q 2018. The quarter saw 4,735 deals completed totaling $987.8 billion across these regions. In the 2Q 2018 M&A Report, our analysts forecast that activity will sustain its steady pace with multiple mega-deals set to close in the back half of the year. The full report deliberates on 1H performance, touching on factors such as rising US interest rates, negative Brexit pressures and their effect on dealmaking in the UK, and how shifts in the lending and asset management sectors are driving dealmaking within financial services.

PitchBook Analyst Note: SaaS Framework

July 3, 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. 

Private Market PlayBook

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.

Global League Tables

May 8, 2018

PitchBook's 1Q 2018 Global League Tables is the comprehensive ranking of private equity and venture capital activity worldwide for the last quarter.

M&A Report

May 2, 2018

PitchBook's 1Q 2018 M&A Report explores how the slow start to the year in terms of M&A volume may be belied by underlying factors, which point to resurgent activity in the rest of the year.

PitchBook Analyst Note: Additive Dealmaking

April 16, 2018

Add-ons have only become more and more popular in recent years, with our most recent US PE Breakdown revealing that they comprised no less than 70% of all US buyout activity during 1Q 2018. Our latest analyst note, Additive Dealmaking, explores the primary drivers behind this surge in the popularity of add-ons, as well as how the overall buy-and-build strategy has evolved.

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