Private Equity & Venture Capital

Capital IQ's coverage of the private capital markets began in 1999 and includes firm profiles and details on private equity firms, venture capital investors and other alternative investors.
 

Content in brief: 

• company financial/valuation information
• private equity and venture capital transactions
• coverage: 1999 - present for private market data
• plus other company and industry information

The Private Equity Dataset includes details on:

• Basic Company Details - Company name history, inception dates, parent relationships, key locations and a business summary, including investment approach.
   
• Investment Criteria - Specific investment strategy and focus, including industries of interest, geographical and regional preferences, company stages, preferred transaction types, equity commitment sizes and other target-specific sizes.
   
• People Overview (Key Executives and Board Members) - Complete details on current and prior professionals, decision-makers and in-house consultants, including biographical details, and other professional affiliations, such as board relationships and non-board portfolio company coverage.
   
• Direct Investments / Portfolio Companies - Complete details on current and prior portfolio companies including transaction details by fund, as well as co-investors and company-specific details, such as primary industry, description and key executives.
   
• Fund Data - History of active and fully invested funds, fund stage and status, fundraising targets and size by close, limited partners, as well as specific commitment, specific investment preferences and portfolio.
   
• Current and Pending Investors - Company profiles for limited partners, as well as specific commitments.

Search for PE/VC information on a single company level:

1. Search for the company name in the top search box.
2. This will take you to the Tearsheet which gives you an overview of the company.
    

On the left menu, there are detailed sections with more information on the company.

Of particular interest to the VC and PE research are the sections on Transactions and Investors.

• Transactions -> M&A/Private Placements: gives you the historical overview of deals, transaction types, roles, targets, rounds, round types etc.
• Investors > Private ownership