• Angel Market Analysis Report

  These research reports by Center for Venture Research at University of New Hampshire provide insights into various aspects of angel market for entrepreneurs, private investors and policy makers.

• National Venture Capital Association Statistics

• Find reports and statistics on venture investments, fundraising, benchmarking, exits, and performance.

• Overview of Venture Capital Industry

  An overview from National Venture Capital Association on how the innovation funding cycle works.

• Angel Capital Association (ACA) is the official industry alliance of over 100 of the largest angel investor groups in the United States.  In particular, the ACA's Angel Funders Report is based on direct investment data solicited from ACA member groups. The organization collects data directly from a broad spectrum of angel investors, including leading angel groups across North America, and the resulting report provides powerful first-hand information on the current state of early stage investing. ACA angel investing experts analyze and enhance the data with their knowledge of trends and best practices, developing a comprehensive insider’s view to share with the broader investment community. The angel organizations that provide the information for the report take many forms—groups of ACA members, angel networks, angel funds, networks with sidecar funds, etc. 

• Statista has a lengthy dossier of VC statistics including value of vc transactions in North America, number of VC-backed IPOs, and median deal size of VC startups.    Must have an Illinois net ID and password to access the database.

• American Investment Council (AIC) publishes quarterly and annual reports that provide current information about investment trends, fund performance, sector-specific investment, and private equity returns to pension funds. The AIC also monitors research by academics and other analysts and have curated a collection of important articles.
   
• Statista publishes an annual Global Private Equity Report which includes data on the following: 

  • Value of private equity dry powder globally 2003-2021
    Average age of dry powder globally 2006-2021

  • Global growth in dry powder 2021 vs 5-year average, by fund type 
    Biggest private equity firms globally 2015-2020

  • Biggest global private equity companies, by fund-raising capacity 2021
    Value of private equity-backed buyout deals globally 2005-2021

  • Target region of private equity funds worldwide 2021 
    Value of global private equity deals 2019-2021, by target country

• Must have an Illinois net ID and password to access the database.
   

• Bain & Co Consulting publishes an annual report on Private Equity trends.  Some of the data are derived from Preqin and other data sources. 

VC/PE Deals and Funding Rounds

• CB Insights 
  1. In the left menu, select Advanced Search > Deal Search.
  2. Use the Filter by: options to search by additional criteria, such as date, deal size, etc.
  3. In the upper left click See Results.
• Refinitiv Workspace- is the new name and interface for Thomson ONE.  Refinitiv provides information on public & private global companies and includes: financials and filings, overview, news & corporate events, deals, and share ownership. Refinitiv also provides market views as well as screening and analysis for companies, deals/league tables, private equity, limited mergers and acquisition data, and more.   To access, you must register for an account using your illinois.edu email address. You can do this either on or off campus. Once you click on the link in the registration email, it may take a few minutes to receive the welcome email.
  
  To screen for Private Equity transactions, type Private in the Search bar.  A dropdown window of options will appear.  Choose Private Equity Screener (see screenshot below for example): 
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• Preqin -  
  1.On the platform bar. click Search for
  2. Find Companies & Deals
  3. Find Venture Capital link on right navigation bar
   
• PrivCo – U.S. companies only
  1. In the left navigation click on the magnifying glass icon to open the Advanced Search.
  2. Use the filters to search by keyword, location, industry, etc.
  3. Select results to add to a watchlist or export to Excel.
      
• Pitchbook  (must type your Net ID e-mail address via Single Sign On (SSO) ) 

1. In the left menu go to Screeners > Companies & Deals.
2. Use the tabs, such as Industry, to add search criteria. In the upper right select Search. Go to the Companies tab.

Grainger Engineering Library Information Center's STEM Entrepreneurship & Business Services can assist you in getting started with these and other resources.  If you have any questions, please e-mail bis@library.illinois.edu.