About PitchBook
PitchBook is a commercial financial data and research platform. It provides information on private equity, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions, used by investors, advisors and corporate development teams to research companies, deals and investors.
It is delivered as a subscription service. This entry covers only the basics; the official website has current details on datasets, products and subscription options.
Key features
- Private equity and venture capital data
- M&A deal research
- Company and investor profiles
Good fit for
- →Researching private market investors
- →Tracking M&A activity
- Tags
- financial-data
- private-equity
- venture-capital
- m-and-a
- market-research
- saas
PitchBook: questions and answers
- What is PitchBook used for?
- PitchBook is a financial data platform for private equity, venture capital and M&A research, covering companies, investors and deals. It is a good fit for researching private market investors and tracking M&A activity.
- How much does PitchBook cost?
- PitchBook doesn't publish fixed prices; pricing is quoted on request.
- Is PitchBook open source?
- No. PitchBook is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Finance & Accounting category, open-source options include Polar, Kill Bill and Meteroid.
- What are some alternatives to PitchBook?
- PitchBook competes with Crunchbase, DealCloud and ZoomInfo.
Open-source alternatives to PitchBook
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SaaS alternatives to PitchBook
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Crunchbase
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SaaS
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CRM
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ZoomInfo
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Angel Match
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AltIndex
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Alternative data platform scoring about 3,000 US stocks from social chatter, hiring and insider trades
SaaS
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