Research Guides: Finance: Private Equity & Venture Capital

Private Equity and Venture Capital

Capital IQ
Private equity and venture capital. 1994+: public data. 1998+; United States private equity data. 2000+; international private equity data.

Restricted to academic research by Princeton University faculty and students.

CrunchBase
Crowd sourced listings of startup activity. Free registration is required.
National Venture Capital Yearbooks
National Venture Capital Association Yearbook (2010, 2012-2018). Includes sample Venture Capital Contracts

Preqin
Major source for private equity data. Earliest data tends to be around 1980.

Private Capital Investment in South America
Latin American Private Equity & Venture Capital Association

Thomson One Banker
Includes Private Equity

Must use Internet Explorer 10. Click on Tools, then Compatibility view settings. Check "Display all websites in compatibility view". Add thomsonone.com and then close box and browser. Reopen IE.
VentureXpert
Detailed searches on venture capital. While the scope is international, foreign coverage is select. The United States market is well covered. Must use Internet Explorer 10. Click on Tools, then Compatibility view settings. Check "Display all websites in compatibility view". Add thomsonone.com and then close box and browser. Reopen IE. If off campus, must use SRA Aventail/Sonic Wall to connect. An alternative is Refinitiv Workspace. While the downloading is more limited, one does not have the browser issues of Thomson One Banker.

1970+

Must use Internet Explorer 10. Click on Tools, then Compatibility view settings. Check "Display all websites in compatibility view". Add thomsonone.com and then close box and browser. Reopen IE.