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Going into 2026, the US venture capital market was cautiously optimistic, spurred by lowering interest rates and growing stability, but also held back by lingering liquidity challenges. Now with two quarters in the books, we’re taking a second look to see which market forces won out and where our start-of-year projections landed. Join our upcoming Midyear Outlook Check-In webinar, where our VC analysts will dive into:    ✨Updates on AI investments and liquidity  📊Fundraising trends and LP appetite heading into H2  🧭Outlook predictions based on H1 early-stage deal activity Sign up to learn how H1 data compares to our initial predictions and how we think the market will move in Q3 and beyond ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eQ7X832i  

Deal-level benchmarking just became the new default in private markets. 📊 Fund-level comparisons have always hidden what actually drives returns — leaving GPs without a clear way to explain performance and LPs without a reliable way to pick managers. 🔍 SPI by StepStone Group is now live exclusively via PitchBook. PitchBook’s Chief Solutions Officer Paul Santarelli and StepStone’s Chief Technology Officer Tyler Johnson, CFA break down what the PitchBook × StepStone methodology makes possible: a standardized, institutional-grade dataset that turns "show me the comparables" from a hard question into an easy one. 💡 Explore SPI Deal Benchmarking on the PitchBook platform ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gU4PEgsU #PrivateMarkets #DealBenchmarking #PitchBook

What a week at #SuperReturn International 2026. 🙌 Our team has been on the ground in Berlin, meeting clients, building new connections, and bringing PitchBook's private markets expertise to one of the world’s largest PE conferences. 🌍 This year’s highlights: Kenny Tang, Senior Director of US Credit Research at Pitchbook, took the stage for a keynote on private credit’s rapid growth and where the industry is headed. 🎤 Our team of analysts was at the PitchBook booth all week, giving attendees a firsthand look at the depth and breadth of our data. 📊 We closed out the week at our fourth annual Soho House gathering, and the room keeps getting bigger. 🥂 Private markets are moving fast. PitchBook moves faster.  We'll keep showing up where the conversations are happening. 🤝 

With H1 wrapping up, how have the asset classes and regions you’re invested in been impacted? We’re revisiting our start-of-year projections to discuss where we hit the mark, what surprised us, and what market participants can expect going forward. Join our Midyear Outlook Check-In webinar series, where our analysts will discuss the latest H1 data for US private equity, venture capital, and credit, as well as EMEA and APAC private capital. Get the insights you need to fine-tune your strategy for these markets and prepare for Q3 and beyond. Register here 🔗 : https://lnkd.in/eShf_gNe

There are some big rivalries at this year's FIFA World Cup: England vs. Scotland. Argentina vs. Brazil. Whoop vs. Oura. These last two—which are among the leading VC-backed fitness wearables—have made a splash at this year's football tournament and are fiercely competing for player endorsements, press coverage and, ultimately, new users. 🗞 Read more in this edition of The Weekly Pitch, along with the week’s top news and research from our team of industry-leading sources for info on the worlds of VC, PE and M&A. Find it here 👇 

PitchBook’s trusted private capital market intelligence is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot. 🚀 With the PitchBook Premium Connector in Microsoft 365 Copilot, paid users can surface our unrivaled hashtag #data and insights, directly inside the world’s most popular enterprise productivity platform.  📊 Get reliable answers to your research questions, without switching between platforms. 🙌 Learn more and discover why the best LLMs use PitchBook—the pulse of private capital markets. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e2-a4kyf

GenAI app downloads grew from 200M to 3.8B between 2022 and 2025, and in-app revenue rose from near-zero to $5B. 📈 But these headline numbers only represent category expansion, not the sector's ability to distribute returns. 🔎 In our 6/30 webinar, PitchBook experts unpack why the consumer AI unicorn asset class is functionally a bet on roughly 10 companies. 🎤 They'll put the real math on the table and break down who's getting funded, who's getting acquired, and what the dispersion data reveals about the future of consumer AI. 📊 Reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/eqwe8M6T  #ConsumerAI #VentureCapital #PrivateMarkets 

The data you need, inside the deal environment where you work. 📊 PitchBook is now available as a Premium Connector in ToltIQ. Existing PitchBook subscribers can surface financials, fund and LP data, cap tables, and market trends directly in their diligence workflows. 🤝 Read the full announcement. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gQ4vnRTD #privatemarkets #duediligence #privateequity

Private equity dealmakers chasing software have found themselves running into a wall: Some of the industry's linchpins have gone quiet. The pullback from software lending is widespread across the private credit market. But some major managers that had long been the sponsors' go-to lenders have been particularly reluctant to originate new loans in software, several industry sources told PitchBook. 🗞 Learn more in this edition of The Weekly Pitch, along with the week’s top news and research from our team of industry-leading sources for info on the worlds of VC, PE and M&A. 

At PitchBook, our “customers are king” value isn’t just something we say; it’s the cornerstone of everything we do. That means going beyond the data to truly understand the people and markets we serve. Join Michelle Mendez, Senior Marketing Manager of Customer Insights, as she travels from Seattle to London to connect with clients at our annual Football Tournament at the Emirates Stadium. ⚽ She spent the week in our London office working alongside UK colleagues to better serve customers across EMEA, and the timing couldn’t have been more electric. Arsenal had just won the league for the first time in 22 years, and PitchBook celebrated with the very fans who lived and breathed every moment of that journey.  For many of our customers, playing at this stadium was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Highlights of the day: ·      Face time with customers, including Arsenal super fans ·      Behind-the-scenes stadium tour with football legend Ray Parlour ·      Competitive matches on one of the world's most iconic pitches ·      Our President & COO, Rod Diefendorf, joining for the very first time Join our community, book a demo today: https://lnkd.in/gu4Qw2rr