Private Equity & Venture Capital

Bloomberg’s Private Equity (PE) database brings together data about PE firms, funds, investors and portfolios. 

To find Private Equity go to the menu, type: PE <GO>

Helpful menomics listed include:

• NI PE - PE News. Access to all info on the PE-market
• MA PE - Deal Search Private Equity,  note:  MA is the mnemonic for Mergers & Acquistions
• PEM  PE - Recent Market Activity
• PEFR  PE - Fundraising Environment 
• PEFS - Private Equity Fund Search
• PE BRIEF - Newsletter on the PE market

Search by Firm – Private equity firms are the general partners controlling the operations of the firm.

Search by Fund – Private equity firms direct their investments through one or more funds. Funds are associated with a specific investment strategy.  Venture Capital Funds, for example, are investments in startup firms and small businesses with perceived long-term growth potential.

Search by Limited Partners – Limited partners are the source of investment funds. They include public and corporate pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, high net worth individuals, and sovereign wealth funds

Search by Deal – Deals can be classified as M&A investment, Joint venture, Spinoff, and Buyback, and then further sub-classified as a PE buyout, Infrastructure, Real Asset, Real Estate, Secondary Transaction, or Venture Capital deal. Venture Capital deals include possible subdivisions into Seed, Angel, or Series (A to J).

Search by Private Company – Bloomberg lists more than 15,000 companies in which PE firms invest.

• Clicking on the name of the company will display a record giving the name(s) of the PE firms which include the company in their portfolio, as well as additional information about the company. In addition to its list of PE backed private companies, Bloomberg includes a database of 1.3 million private companies worldwide that are not PE backed.

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