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Q2 was as bad as expected
PitchBook’s latest US PE Breakdown is out this Friday, and newsletter subscribers will have access to it that morning. The…
Read MoreFundraising sped up in Q1
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Somewhat expected, we found a quirk in Q1 fundraising data that should reverse soon. Funds that closed…
Read MoreSlow start for big deals
Download PitchBook’s Report here. The US middle market only saw about $7 billion worth of deals valued in the $500M-$1B transaction…
Read MoreAdd-ons appear healthy
Download PitchBook’s Report here. At the outset of the quarantines, at least one market observer—yours truly—believed add-ons would hit the pause…
Read MoreHow sponsors are handling the crisis
The economic impact of the COVID lockdowns was so swift that many investors “didn’t know what they didn’t know” at…
Read MoreOnly 27 exits in April
We’re starting to see the true effects of the pandemic show up in the data. In an upcoming PitchBook collaboration…
Read MoreThe short-term forecast
Download PitchBook’s Report here. PitchBook analysts expect deal flow to drop fairly substantially over the next several quarters. The trajectory is…
Read MoreApril was down, as expected
Download PitchBook’s Report here. An early look at April 2020 deal volume shows the significant decline we’ve all been anticipating. Only…
Read MoreThe consolidation question
Download PitchBook’s Report here. If the current downturn mimics the 2008 financial crisis, private equity may see a few years of…
Read MoreThe bankruptcy question
Download PitchBook’s Report here. A looming question over the next several months is how many PE-backed companies will be forced into…
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