From football pitches to startup pitches: As the World Cup gets underway, PitchBook takes a look at 11 tournament stars, past and present, looking to hit the back of the net with early-stage deals.

World Cup holders Germany are famous for nurturing talent from a young age. Which firms are doing the same for the country’s startups?

If the football fortunes of Germany and Brazil play out as their PE and VC investments over the past few years have, there may be some broken hearts in Brazil.

One of the bigger matchups so far in the World Cup brings powerhouse Germany and underdog United States together in a battle to move on from the group stage.

PE and VC in France and Switzerland: How Do They Compare?

We took a look inside the PE and VC landscapes of Belgium and Russia and found some interesting facts.

With the first World Cup matches this week, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at how some of the countries facing each other in upcoming group-stage matches fare in attracting private equity and venture capital financings. First up, we compared England and Italy.

With the first World Cup matches this week, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at how some of the countries facing each other in upcoming group-stage matches fare in attracting private equity and venture capital financings.

With the 2014 World Cup upon us, PitchBook decided to take a look at the private equity and venture capital landscape among the 32 tournament qualifiers, see how each group stacks up and determine which countries would make it into the knockout stage if we were using deal count to rank them. What did we discover?