THE PITCHBOOK PLATFORM

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PITCH BOOK FOR E NTR E PR E N EU RS

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FUNDR AISE FASTER

Target the right investors quickly with insight into their past

investments, investment preferences, dry powder and

more. With up-to-date contact information and LinkedIn

integration, the Platform makes it easy to contact

potential investors.

TR ACK THE MARKET

See where your competitors are getting funding and making

investments to get a better understanding of the trends

driving your industry. If M&A is part of your growth strategy,

the Platform can help you identify companies that fit your

preferences and are primed for acquisition.

NEGOTIATE WITH CONFIDENCE

When you have access to hard-to-find information about

similar companies—like pre- and post-money valuations,

round-by-round cap tables and detailed series terms—you

can more accurately value your company and negotiate

with investors.

Wouldn’t you rather spend time realizing your vision than tracking down investors?

The PitchBook Platform is the most comprehensive VC, PE and M&A database—

with the information you need for more efficient fundraising, business development

and inorganic growth.

HO W E N T R E P R E NE UR S U S E T HE P L AT F OR M

GROW YOUR BUSINESS

See which companies are growing fast, have capital to

spend and likely need your products or services with

data like employee counts, valuations and financing details.

You can also track financing events to see when companies

are undergoing big changes and reach out at the right time.

“PitchBook’s daily news alerts, market insights and research

tools were very helpful to us as we completed our Series B

financing. Their friendly, proactive customer success team

regularly checked in to ensure we received the full, extensive

value of the Platform.”

DAMIAN RIPPOLE

CFO & VP of Finance, Cerêve


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3 RE ASONS T HE PI TCHBOOK PL AT FORM IS T HE BES T CHOICE FOR YOU

PITCHBOOK HAS THE BEST INVESTOR DATA

The PitchBook Platform houses comprehensive information on more than

200,000 investors—including investments by industry and year, stated

preferences, team members, co-investors, exits and contact information.

Many of our competitors offer unverified data, but PitchBook has researchers

who contact dealmakers directly to confirm information. With our data, you’ll

only spend time perusing promising investors and raise your next round faster.

PITCHBOOK HAS THE BEST PRIVATE COMPANY AND DE AL DATA

Most of our competitors only report post-money valuations or rumored pre-money

valuations. The Platform offers tens of thousands of calculated pre-money

venture valuations, along with cap tables and detailed series terms.

None of our competitors can help you determine your company’s valuation and

execute deals the way PitchBook can, because none of our competitors offer

deal data this deep.

PITCHBOOK IS THE BEST TOOL FOR EXPANDING YOUR BUSINESS

Whether you’re looking for potential clients or acquisition targets, the Platform

has the data you need—like valuations, growth metrics and financing details.

None of our competitors—whose data is either incomplete or siloed into

disconnected datasets—can offer as complete of a look at private companies.

The Platform is hands down the best choice for finding M&A and business

development opportunities.


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W E H AV E T HE DATA YOU NEED• Angel investors

• Venture capital firms

• Private equity firms

• Strategic acquirers

• Companies

• Deals & deal metrics

• Pre- & post-money valuations

• Series terms

• Cap tables

• Professionals

• Advisors & service providers

HO W W E C OL L EC T DATASome of our competitors tout their algorithm-based research process—but scanning

web sources isn’t enough. PitchBook’s web crawlers scan more sources than our

competitors’. Plus, hundreds of researchers cross-verify the data we collect, calculate

information you can’t find online and contact dealmakers and advisors directly.

Algorithms don’t do a good job of reading the fine print or understanding nuance.

Our research team is the difference between capturing basic details about

a financial sponsor from its website and capturing deeper data like its past and

present portfolio companies, available dry powder and investment preferences.

HO W W E C A L C UL AT E VA L UAT ION SInstead of estimating valuations, our analysts use a proprietary formula to calculate

a pre- and post-money valuation for each round of a company’s funding.

Similar to how analysts determine market cap for publicly traded companies, our

formula takes into account factors like the number of shares issued and

option pool estimates. We also contact the company’s investors and executives

to confirm our results.

The PitchBook Platform has valuations for 41% of all VC funding rounds—and our

valuations are within a 5% margin of error, according to feedback we’ve received

from investors.

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