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Data-driven investing: Why ‘gut feel’ may no longer be good enough

March 15, 2018

While much of venture investing still involves decisions based largely on "soft" qualitative factors, a growing number of investors are innovating with data-driven strategies.

How PE and VC fund managers are adapting strategies [datagraphic]

March 15, 2018

Here’s a selection of the strategies GPs are deploying in the current market environment, across the fund size spectrum for each asset class. There are no hard-and-fast rules, but typical check sizes do matter in practicality.

Private equity firms bring creative financing to an untapped sector—private equity

March 15, 2018

While PE firms have shied from IPOs, their need to tap outside capital has persisted. At the same time, institutional investors have sought new ways to invest in PE firms. A solution—GP stakes deals.

Hot off the presses: The 1Q 2018 Private Market PlayBook

March 15, 2018

In the latest edition of PitchBook's quarterly magazine, our feature story addresses the "trillion-dollar question," exploring what the record amount of dry powder means for PE and VC fund...

The trillion-dollar question: What does record dry powder mean for PE & VC fund managers?

March 15, 2018

Well over $1,000,000,000,000 in committed capital sits in the coffers of private equity and venture capital funds worldwide. These are unprecedented sums. How did we get here? And what's next?

Meet three tech titans helping lead PE's fundraising boom

March 15, 2018

Silver Lake, Vista Equity Partners and Thoma Bravo are three tech-focused buyout shops that have followed different paths. Yet they've arrived at the same destination: the pinnacle of private equity.

Private Market PlayBook

March 14, 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. The 1Q 2018 Private Market PlayBook contains articles on cryptocurrency, fundraising and investing. It includes a market trends section with select PitchBook reports, and a feature on the trillion dollar question in PE and VC funds.