PitchBook

PitchBook is the leading resource for comprehensive data, research, and insights spanning the global capital markets. Founded in 2007, the company specializes in researching global M&A, private equity, and venture capital investments, along with all participating parties — including limited partners, investors, service providers, and the professionals involved. Today, PitchBook serves more than 100,000 clients worldwide and is recognized as the leading source of private capital market intelligence.

PitchBook's data and analysis is available through its software platform — the PitchBook Platform — as well as a suite of integrated tools, industry news, and in-depth reports.

Market Intelligence:

‍Users can track millions of companies worldwide across every sector and stage, identify growth opportunities, benchmark valuations, assess deal potential, and strengthen asset allocation and credit decisions — all in one trusted platform.

Deal Sourcing & Execution:

‍The platform enables users to target the right companies for their strategy with advanced screening based on size, industry, stage, ownership, location, and more — with the ability to save searches and create lists and alerts based on specific criteria.

Due Diligence:
‍Users can access company financials, valuations, investor details, and market trends through the PitchBook platform, Excel plugin, mobile app, and a library of research reports.

Research & Analysis:

‍PitchBook's Institutional Research Group is composed of more than 60 analysts providing timely, institutional-grade research across asset classes, established industries, and emerging technologies — spanning private equity, venture capital, real assets, leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, and private credit.

Key Products & Tools

PitchBook Credit:

A centralized tool for navigating the private debt ecosystem, enabling portfolio management, lender tracking, and market opportunity analysis.

PitchBook Manager Scores:

‍A streamlined way for asset allocators to assess top-performing fund managers, featuring score badges on fund family profiles to simplify fund performance and cash flow evaluations.

PitchBook VC Exit Predictor:

‍A data-driven, machine-learning powered tool that forecasts potential exits, giving investors an edge in shaping their investment strategies.

PitchBook Navigator:

‍A generative AI feature that delivers private capital market insights through natural-language prompts directly within the PitchBook Platform, powered by PitchBook's proprietary AI + HI (Artificial Intelligence + Human Insights) methodology.

PitchBook Pioneer:

‍An on-demand training and certification program that helps clients maximize the platform with interactive e-learning courses and live workshops on market intelligence, deal sourcing, and platform navigation.

Excel Plugin:

‍Lets users incorporate PitchBook's global VC, PE, and M&A data into their existing Excel workflows, with access to public company fundamentals, indexes, equity research, and forward-looking consensus estimates

If you are interested in connecting with Pitchbook, please reach out to,

Mike Varon: idvaronm@innovationdupage.org

Elina Conley: ask@azenityconsulting.com

Ricardo Magallon: idmagallonr@innovationdupage.org