2017 Year in Review

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.