PitchBook Data is a data and software company that offers research and data on public and private markets. The company is based in London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Hong Kong. PitchBook Data’s customer base is refined to business professionals around the globe who are looking to improve the efficiency of their research processes. Customer product use cases include private market intelligence, fundraising, deal sourcing, due diligence, business development and networking.

The company’s central product is the PitchBook Platform which serves as a private equity and venture capital database. The main features of the PitchBook Platform include reviewing data on listed companies, constructing financial models, visualising data, building custom benchmarks and daily industry analysis reports. The platform aims to empower financial analysts with tools to improve their research and offer meaningful data for every financial decision they face. The company uses machine learning to gather and illustrate data from a wide range of sources. The platform further offers a CRM integration, direct data download and an excel integration. The company is actively building out its platform’s sustainable investing data capabilities. This includes issuing and running reports and webinars on the state of ESG and sustainable investing. 

PitchBook data conducts internal analyst notes, market updates, benchmarks and industry reports driven by the PitchBook Platform. This research is accessible through their website or email newsletter. The content covered includes macro topics of emerging tech, sustainable investing, micro topics of regional private equity breakdown and analysis on lab-grown meat. The benchmarks released by PitchBook data offer insight into performance relative to other asset classes and private market strategies.

Our focus has always been—and will always be—our clients. What data matters most to them? What would make their jobs easier? How can we help them make informed decisions?

PitchBook Data is a commercial organisation relying on the sales of its products and services. In 2016, PitchBook Data was acquired by Morningstar for $180 million.

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