Insights into Private Equity Careers and Venture Capital Careers

Every quarter, private equity and venture capital data provider Pitchbook releases their accounting of the state of the venture capital and private equity markets. The recently released second quarter valuations picture offered some surprising glimpses. Here’s a look. Angel and seed valuations The first look below is of angel and seed valuations. The figure on […]

The past year has been just okay for the private equity world. Deals and fundraising continued, albeit at slower paces than in 2021 and 2022, but nonstop concerns about the health the economy continued to dog private equity activity. There are bright spots, though. Here’s a review of where private equity (PE) stands as of […]

Overall the past two decades, startup accelerators have exploded in popularity. Of the many geographically dispersed accelerators around the world, the five most success – at least when measured by investment dollars – include Y Combinator, 500, Techstars, SOSV, and Masschallenge. Here’s a review. Looking at Stars by Region for Top Six Accelerators in 2012 […]

Every quarter private equity data provider Pitchbook releases their accounting of the global equity league tables. Their accounting of the most globally active, most active in the U.S., and the most active in the non-U.S. part of the world is often fascinating. Here’s a review. The U.S. View The first view presented below is the […]