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The Pulse of Private Equity – 8/4/2025

Global buyout EV/EBITDA multiples Download PitchBook’s Report here. The EV/EBITDA multiple for PE buyouts stood at 11.7x for the TTM period ended June 30, 2025. This is comfortably above the recent trough of 10.3x in 2023, yet below the 12.3x registered in 2024…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

The Pulse of Private Equity – 7/28/2025

Platform LBO and growth equity deals as a share of all PE deals Download PitchBook’s Report here. PE growth investment activity continues to be an important category, making up 22.3% of all PE deals in Q2, down 30 basis points from the prior quarter…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

The Pulse of Private Equity – 7/21/2025

Carveouts/divestitures as a share of all PE buyouts by quarter Download PitchBook’s Report here. Carve-out transactions are running at 10.6% of all buyout deals in 2025, which is comfortably above the five-year average of 8.7% and last year’s 10.1%…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

The Pulse of Private Equity – 7/14/2025

US PE fundraising activity Download PitchBook’s Report here. PE fundraising has landed at a lower level than in 2024, which was already a worse year for fundraising than the three years prior, where the industry saw record-setting fundraising…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

The Pulse of Private Equity – 7/7/2025

PE capital raised ($B) by age bucket (2010-2025) Download PitchBook’s Report here. Looking at the funds that face the most imminent fund terms, 11.8% of active funds are 10 to 11 years old, and 13.7% of active funds are 8 to 9 years old…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

The Pulse of Private Equity – 6/30/2025

Share of IPO capital raised by backing type Download PitchBook’s Report here. With the S&P 500 index climbing back near its historical peak and surpassing the psychological threshold of 6,000, there is potential for a resurgence in IPO activity…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

The Pulse of Private Equity – 6/16/2025

Alternative asset manager deal activity ($B) Download PitchBook’s Report here. Deals involving GPs as an acquiree or investment target saw record activity in 2024, with 141 deals worth an aggregate deal value of $47.9 billion…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...