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Private Equity

2017 Year in Review: Europe’s top PE deals, exits and funds

January 25, 2018

From the Stada saga to CVC’s record fund, last year was a landmark one for private market capital.

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2017 Year in Review: Top European VC rounds, exits & funds

January 22, 2018

In anticipation of our upcoming 2017 Annual European VC Report, we’ve taken a look at the most notable VC rounds, funds and exits in the past year.

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Venture Capital

2017 Year in Review: The top VC fundings & investors in cybersecurity

December 20, 2017

Cybersecurity—or, in many cases, the lack of it—has made its fair share of headlines this year. We’ve taken a look at some notable companies and investors in the space.

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Private Equity

Our analyst team’s top ideas & themes of 2017

December 20, 2017

Breaking down the key 2017 themes and research ideas that emerged from PitchBook’s analyst team.

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Venture Capital

2017 Year in Review: M&A in emerging tech

December 19, 2017

Wondering which emerging tech vertical generated the most global M&A activity in 2017? That’s fintech. But SaaS wasn’t far behind. How about top corporate acquirer? It’s probably not who you think.

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Venture Capital

2017 Year in Review: The top VC rounds & investors in AI

December 19, 2017

AI is everywhere these days. We’ve taken a look at the biggest global VC fundings of the year for AI companies, plus the most active investors in the industry.

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Private Equity

Q&A: Sixpoint’s Eric Zoller weighs in on PE fundraising

December 19, 2017

We caught up with Sixpoint Partners founder and partner Eric Zoller to discuss the recent PE fundraising environment, the middle market and more.

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Venture Capital

‘The year of crypto': Boost VC’s Adam Draper on the future of digital currency

December 18, 2017

Adam Draper made a crazy bet on cryptocurrency when he launched a bitcoin startup accelerator in 2012. Now it’s paying off big time, and the Boost VC founder is looking to the future.

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Private Equity

2017 Year in Review: The top PE investors of the year in…

December 18, 2017

Who was the most active PE investor in the world last year? How about in Europe? To find those answers and more, we sliced and diced PitchBook Platform data in more than a dozen different ways.

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Venture Capital

2017 Year in Review: Top 5 global VC deals, exits & funds

December 17, 2017

In 2017, China cemented its presence in global venture capital, but the US still dominated deal value and much of the funds space. And then, of course, there’s SoftBank.

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Private Equity

2017 Year in Review: Top 5 global PE deals, exits & funds

December 17, 2017

Private equity firms completed fewer investments in 2017 than they did in 2016. At the top end, the deals got smaller, too. But the funds got bigger. Much bigger.

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Venture Capital

A record-setting year: 2017 VC activity in 3 charts

December 14, 2017

This has been the year in which massive VC financings became the new normal. We’ve taken a look at that and a few other trends that have characterized the past 12 months.

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Fewer & fatter: Seed, Series A deal sizes skyrocket in the US in 2017

December 13, 2017

We’ve pulled all the data on seed and Series A investing in US-based companies this year and chatted with experts in the space to provide a comprehensive breakdown of early-stage VC trends this year.

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