Private Equity

The Chinese fast-fashion giant is leaning on some of its biggest backers to underwrite an IPO three years in the making—one meant to finally hand them an exit.

PE is racing to integrate AI. Boston-based Ethos Capital may have taken it further than anyone.

Once-hot sectors like dentistry and veterinary services are running short on large buyers and clean rollup integrations.

The Q2 2026 Aerospace & Defense Report provides in-depth analysis of industry trends and evolving PE investment strategies, including deals data and maps of key PE-backed companies and investors.

PE has emerged as a major financier of major league sports. We mapped every connection between buyout firms and pro sports teams.

The Q2 2026 Pharma Services Report provides in-depth analysis of industry trends and evolving PE investment strategies, including deals data and maps of key PE-backed companies and investors.

As distributions stall, LPs are weighing steep discounts on the secondary market against the cost of staying put.

Rebounding M&A and AI mania have not reversed the slide into irrelevance for many PE fund managers, according to new data from PitchBook.

This analyst note examines the growing backlog of aging PE-backed companies, the deferral mechanisms sponsors use to avoid resolution, and the implications for LP returns, lenders, and market liquidity.

The H1 2026 Healthcare IT PE Update highlights recent PE deal activity and dominant trends in healthcare IT.

The Private Capital Return Barometers provide a data-driven, factor-based assessment of US private market fund performance, offering timely estimates of quarterly returns and insights into market conditions across asset classes.

PitchBook’s Q2 2026 Global League Tables in full are below, presented in an interactive format.

The Q2 2026 Healthcare Services Report provides in-depth analysis of industry trends and evolving PE investment strategies, including deals data and maps of key PE-backed companies and investors.

Austria, South Africa, Norway, Ireland and the Netherlands accounted for five of the 10 biggest transactions.

Thoma Bravo’s $4B insurtech take-private and reported PE talks for Workday signal continued demand for cash-flow-positive, regulated vertical SaaS.

With their focus on deep underwriting and sector expertise, they represent a challenge to those that have long dominated the market.

This report provides analysis of industry trends and evolving PE and VC investment strategies, including deals data and maps of key PE- and VC-backed companies and investors.

LPs have redirected capital toward growth funds this year even as overall fundraising collapsed.