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June 23, 2024 @ 4:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has provided their 2024 US Venture Capital Outlook as part of a comprehensive  Midyear Update. Expectations for the turnaround in the VC market entering 2024 were not especially high, the research-focused firm noted in a recent update. PitchBook pointed out that the headwinds that… Read More

June 21, 2024 @ 9:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investments into the e-commerce enablement ecosystem contracted in Q1, producing $1.7 billion across 83 deals, marking decreases of 52.2% and 26.5%, respectively, relative to Q4 seasonal increases. This, according to a report from PitchBook. PitchBook further noted that Q1 2024 approached parity “with Q3 2023,… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has provided a comprehensive update focused on the retail Fintech sector. PitchBook provides insights in its report on Deal value: Retail fintech VC deal value continued to be muted, “declining 15.3% YoY and 30.8% QoQ to $1.9 billion in Q1 2024.” Aside from the… Read More

May 18, 2024 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In Q1 2024, crypto fundraising increased significantly as startups secured $2.4 billion across 518 deals, according to an update from PitchBook. PitcbBook further revealed that this “represents a 40.3% increase in invested capital and a 44.7% jump in deal volume compared with the previous quarter.”… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 11:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has released their latest retail Fintech ecosystem report. PitchBook has commented on their Total deal value: They claim to  have reportedly “recorded $3.2 billion in enterprise fintech VC deal value in Q1 2024, denoting decreases of 36.0% QoQ and 72.9% YoY.” VC deal value… Read More

April 23, 2024 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

VC activity has remained consistent throughout the VC downturn since Q3 2022, “leaving aside the tech giant megadeals that commit upfront funds for future cloud purchases,” according to an update from PitchBook. PitchBook notes in a report that they have “tracked $22.3 billion invested in… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 7:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European megafunds raised record amounts of capital in 2023, according to an update from PitchBook. Most notably, the top five funds contributed “to a record concentration of over half the year’s fundraising figure in Europe, with CVC Capital Partners raising a global record €26 billion… Read More

April 6, 2024 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pitchbook is reporting mixed fintech performance as public fintech companies delivered mixed returns in Q1 2024. Pitchbook notes in a report that when “compared to the S&P 500’s 10.2% return and Nasdaq’s 9.1% return for the quarter, the neobanks, brokers, and crypto cohort was the… Read More

March 30, 2024 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Q4 macroeconomic data points in France’s markets are marginally better than in Q3, according to an update from Pitchbook. Q4 GDP growth was reported as flat by Pitchbook, while inflation has been “coming down from the elevated levels seen earlier in the year.” Meanwhile, the… Read More

March 17, 2024 @ 11:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Retail Fintech VC deal value rose 5.0% QoQ to $2.6 billion in Q4 2023, according to recent updates from Pitchbook. However, deal value remained down by 18.2% YoY, the Pitchbook report noted. While this represents the third quarter in a row where VC deal value… Read More

March 14, 2024 @ 2:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Private equity fundraising declined by around 1.2% globally to $554 billion last year, according to data shared by PitchBook. And the number of funds declined by around 46% to 647 from 1,192. Funds of $5 billion or more reportedly accounted for almost 50% of 2023’s… Read More

February 28, 2024 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Recent PitchBook data shows that the journey from a first to a sophomore fund has never been so challenging. Historically, when we examine the period from 2006 to 2018, 63% of first-time managers had been able to secure a second fund, however, the present environment… Read More

February 19, 2024 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An extensive report has been shared, entitled Financial Fusion: Fintech’s M&A Landscape Unveiled: A guide to fintech M&A and the next wave of deals, by the researchers at Pitchbook. PitchBook says that the Fintech sector continues to attract substantial investments but certain segments might have… Read More

February 12, 2024 @ 6:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Though the venture market was in a state of declines over the past couple of years, much of the pricing pressure has not yet forced pre-seed or seed-stage valuations below the highs of 2021, according to an update from Pitchbook. While it’s true this area… Read More

December 16, 2023 @ 5:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The e-commerce enablement startup ecosystem has reportedly experienced a modest contraction in both deal value and count in Q3, “totaling $1.6 billion across 93 deals, decreases of 16.3% and 17.0%, respectively,” according to a recent update from Pitchbook. Pitchbook noted that both figures “reflect more… Read More

December 14, 2023 @ 9:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In Q3 2023, $1.7 billion was invested across 115 deals, “representing an increase of 53.0% in deal value but roughly flat in terms of deal count, QoQ,” according to the latest Insurtech industry report from Pitchbook. The deal value was “the highest amount over the… Read More

December 4, 2023 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook,  a Morningstar company providing comprehensive, accurate, and “hard-to-find” data for professionals doing business in the private markets, notes in an update that VCs say AI [artificial intelligence] leads innovation, are cautiously optimistic about IPOs, and are cognizant of geopolitical risk. In a note from… Read More

November 25, 2023 @ 2:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pitchbook notes that their extensive Country Snapshot series provides an overview of both macroeconomic and microeconomic trends in the region, “covering various countries across Europe.” Pitchbook researchers look at how “both public and private data points have trended in Q3 for the UK.” As noted… Read More

November 4, 2023 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Enterprise fintech VC deal activity saw a slight uptick in Q3. Deal value rose from $3.9 billion in Q2 to $4.1 billion, “representing a 5.1% QoQ increase. On a YoY basis, however, deal value was down 33.0%, highlighting the more conservative deployment of capital from… Read More

August 18, 2023 @ 1:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

The percentage of down rounds has increased to a four-year high, according to a recent report by Pitchbook. According to the report, the environment is very “investor friendly” as valuations have gone into reverse. Pitchbook says that “non-traditional investors” drive valuations, and this crew has… Read More