New bi-annual snapshot showcases PitchBook’s extensive data set coverage and rigorous data accuracy processes, providing clients with the most reliable and comprehensive market information
PitchBook, the premier data provider for the private and public equity and credit markets, today shares an up-to-date snapshot of its data coverage across global financial markets, which will be shared on a bi-annual basis. The snapshot provides transparency into PitchBook’s extensive coverage and data collection processes, instilling trust as the most reliable and accurate data provider. PitchBook’s robust data operations infrastructure is made up of 1,800+ global researchers, cutting-edge technology, and over 100 proprietary processes to deliver an unparalleled breadth of information on market activity. This snapshot features our growth in fund returns and fund commitment data. The continuous expansion and quality assurance of PitchBook data sets empowers limited partners to make decisions based on the most comprehensive market information.
“Data is the foundation of PitchBook’s world-class products, tools, and industry analysis, so it’s vital that we continuously improve and innovate our Data Operations processes,” said Peter Escher, Chief Data Operations Officer at PitchBook. “We invest heavily in adding new datasets faster than the competition to ensure our clients have the information they need to make strategic decisions in the global private markets. The accuracy, transparency, comprehensiveness and timeliness of our data is what gives our clients the edge and makes PitchBook the best-in-class financial data provider.”
In 2024, PitchBook has added unique data points that are critical to understanding financial market activity, including the following:
- 2,600 Limited Partners
- 31,300 Fund Commitments
- 31,200 Investors
- 9,700 Funds
- 98,600 Fund Returns
- 607,800 Companies
- 208,000 Deals
- 51,400 Private Credit deals
- 18,100 Valuations
- 41,200 Financials
- 7,500 Service Providers
This latest snapshot of data set expansion establishes PitchBook as the category-defining leader in financial data, research, and tools. To date, PitchBook’s data coverage includes nearly 4.5 million companies, 2.5 million investments, over 525,000 investors, 45,000 limited partners, 125,000 funds, 4 million people and more. Globally, PitchBook provides comprehensive coverage of the private and public markets on venture capital, private equity, leveraged loans, private credit, real estate, real assets, infrastructure, funds of funds, secondaries, co-investment, CLOs, and more. The PitchBook platform seamlessly integrates data across all relevant financial metrics, providing an unparalleled view of fund performance, investments, and market trends and empowers investment professionals to discover new opportunities, make well-informed decisions, and drive strategic success.
PitchBook’s breadth and quality of data is made possible by its extensive team of researchers and proprietary processes. Data collection begins with a trigger event such as news articles, client requests, regulatory filings, or results from the more than one million web crawlers. This information is fed to a secondary data operations team and undergoes quality assurance leveraging over 100 proprietary processes, which is further accelerated by AI. As a final step, PitchBook’s primary research team makes direct contact with industry professionals to confirm accuracy and acquire nonpublic information. Over the last five years, the Data Operations team has logged over 10 million hours of research to collect, vet, and verify data. PitchBook’s data powers its institutional-grade research, quantitative intelligence models, and machine-learning-powered tools, delivering actionable insights to financial market participants.
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About PitchBook
PitchBook is a financial data and software company that provides transparency into the capital markets to help professionals discover and execute opportunities with confidence, and efficiency. PitchBook collects and analyzes detailed data on the entire venture capital, private equity, and M&A landscape—including public and private companies, investors, funds, investments, exits, and people. The company's data and analysis are available through the PitchBook Platform, industry news, and in-depth reports. Founded in 2007, PitchBook operates globally with more than 3,000 team members. Its platform, data, and research serve over 100,000 professionals around the world. In 2016, Morningstar acquired PitchBook, which now operates as an independent subsidiary.
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