Global VC, PE, and M&A News and Trends

Launch day: Live coverage of SpaceX’s momentous IPO

Follow along as SpaceX makes its public market debut after raising $75 billion at a $1.77 trillion valuation.

By Jacob Robbins

June 9, 2026

Here’s what Wall Street will be watching when SpaceX goes public Friday

The inscription on the west portal of the Reichstag building in Berlin: "Dem Deutschen Volke" with German national flag

KKR-owned Arctos eyes investments in Indian cricket

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Parabilis now the largest VC-backed biotech IPO

AI can do a lot, including slow down PE exits

Software loans are talk of the town as private credit players meet in Berlin

Arcmont set to close fifth direct-lending fund at over €15B

The PE playbook that reformed accounting is coming for law firms

Anthropic’s gross margin is the most important number in tech

Apollo, Blackstone lend $35B against AI chips, computing power

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AI RESEARCH

The State of Consumer AI

This analyst note examines the shifting dynamics reshaping venture capital in consumer AI and what they signal for investors.

By Eric Bellomo

June 1, 2026

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An Eye on OpenAI

This analyst note examines the gap between OpenAI’s valuation and its underlying fundamentals ahead of a potential IPO.

AI VC Trends

The Q1 2026 AI VC Trends report provides an analysis of recent VC activity and includes a market map of leading VC-backed companies in the space.

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PitchBook Analyst Note: Where Capital Is Flowing in China’s AI Market

This analyst note examines how China’s AI venture market is consolidating around strategic sectors like enterprise software, compute hardware, and semiconductors amid a broader VC slowdown.

US Public PE and GP Deal Roundup

Our Q1 2026 US Public PE and GP Deal Roundup pulls together data on trend-setting PE firms to analyze the strategies and forces driving their expansions.

Learn more: US Public PE and GP Deal Roundup

LATEST RESEARCH

UK Exit Market: Dearth or Revival?

Anthropic: The S-1 Expected to Price AI

European Private Credit Monitor

Return Smoothing in Evergreen Fund Indexes

Mind the Gap: The Bid-Ask Spread in Consumer AI

LATE-STAGE COMPANY RESEARCH

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SpaceX Initiation Report: When Venus and Jupiter Align

This analyst note offers a granular, independent look at SpaceX’s financials to value the opportunity and learn about key business drivers.

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Ranking the AI Giants: A New Framework for the Frontier Five

This analyst note introduces a framework for evaluating frontier AI companies across five dimensions that determine long-term enterprise value creation.

AI’s giants: Mostly priced on promise

A new PitchBook analysis finds that valuations aren’t always backed by solid business fundamentals among the top private AI companies.

TRENDSPOTTING

Post-COVID buyout deal values have remained above historical trends but are likely trending downward according to estimates from PitchBook analysts. The data is seasonally adjusted and the last four quarters include estimates.

See more: Q2 2026 Quantitative Perspectives: Systems Reboot

DASHBOARDS & TOOLS