Covid-19 and European Venture Capital and Private Equity

April 27, 2020

Venture capital and private equity data provider Pitchbook is out with a new, fresh look at how COVID-19 might influence the European venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) market for the remainder of 2020. If you had to guess what the top five takeaways were, what would you guess? Deep recession drives European VC […]

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The Coronavirus and the Economy, Including the Financial Industry

April 13, 2020

Coronavirus rules the day. In Italy, it reached the highest possible Google Search trend value of 100. Following Italy’s search interest is Spain at 84, France at 68, Ireland at 63, and Qatar at 62. Most countries for which Google has reasonably accurate search information, the Google Trend value is 50 or greater, indicative of […]

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What will happen to VC is a recession materializes in 2020?

March 30, 2020

What will happen to venture capital (VC) if a recession materializes in 2020? It’s a worthwhile question now given that a recession is from March to September 2020 is a possibility. In a fascinating look at the VC deal market during the 2008 to 2009 recession, private equity data provider Pitchbook provides a possible glimpse […]

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A Second Boom in Private Equity?

March 16, 2020

It’s been an amazing run for private equity. As measured by the performance of publicly traded private equity companies, the value of private equity investments is up anywhere from 61% to 163% from the end of 2015 through March 12, 2020, returns most any investor would take even if over part of the years private […]

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The Incredibly Expanding PE to VC Pipeline

March 2, 2020

The finance industry is always under construction. One of the most recent fascinating trends is the incredibly expanding private equity (PE) to venture capital (VC) pipeline. Private equity data provider Pitchbook is out with an interesting new note on the topic. Here’s a review. Private Equity Buyouts as a Proportion of All VC Exits The […]

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Can You Guess the Top 50 Founder-Friendly Private Equity Firms?

February 17, 2020

Every now and then Inc. magazine releases some interesting lists related to private equity and venture capital. They recently released their take on the top 50 most entrepreneur friendly companies in the U.S. The following is a map of such. Can you guess which companies are tops on the list? Take your guesses now, because […]

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Why are PE Firms Not Keeping Portfolio Companies as Long?

February 3, 2020

The world of private equity is in constant flux. Anybody who has spent anytime with the high-minds in private equity would confirm this observation. The new question on the flux is this – Why are private equity (PEs) not keeping portfolio companies as long as they used to? The question stems from a recent report […]

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Looking Back at Top PE and VC Datapoints in the 2010s

January 20, 2020

What kind of decade was the 2010s for the venture capital and private equity industries? Good, bad, ugly? By most measures, the 2010s was an amazing decade to be involved in the high finance of investing. Here are some of the most interesting charts put out by private equity data provider Pitchbook showing the ride […]

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The Top Priorities of Private Equity Managers in 2020

January 6, 2020

What are the top priorities of private equity managers in 2020? Although the priorities may change by the minute, Lincoln International is out with a fascinating look at what private equity managers consider as their top priorities this year. Before looking, take a guess. Which priority would you guess comes in on top? Would it […]

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The 2020 Venture Capital Outlook May Be Record-Breaking

December 23, 2019

Venture capital data provider Pitchbook is out with their 2020 outlook for venture capital. After some amazing years of incredible valuation growth and funding grabs, one might think that the industry would take a breather – perhaps even decline a little. That is not what Pitchbook sees in 2020. Here are three interesting predictions from […]

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