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As PE healthcare dealmaking cautiously regains its footing, developments in California and Pennsylvania suggest that the fever pitch of healthcare PE regulation may be cooling slightly. Listen to our lead Lead Healthcare Analyst, Rebecca Springer, PhD, discuss the recent developments with healthcare Attorney at Holland & Knight LLP

Last week, PitchBook celebrated Customer Service Week in the U.S. by shining a spotlight on our world-class Customer Support team across our global offices. This team of 115 people takes care of every one of our customers around the globe, 24 hours a day, five days a week, and they do it with the excellence and focus our customers depend on. Here are a few ways this team brings incredible value to our +100,000 PitchBook users: 📞 12,500 emails, chats, calls, and tickets are handled by our team each month 📄 400 articles produced by our Help Center Technical Writers so far this year 📘 3 e-learning courses, 13 distinct live training courses, and 3 certifications covering 16 distinct subject areas, with 3 more to come this year 🏆 82, our current Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) score 🎓 Launched PitchBook Pioneer to empower clients to expertly leverage the PitchBook platform with access to live trainings, workshops, and professional certifications Cheers to our Customer Support team!

Low exit counts, lacking distributions, and only 51 public listings this year… what does the future hold for US VC amidst these difficult conditions? We share ideas in our video. Along with our report partner @National Venture Capital Association and sponsors @J.P. Morgan, @Dentons, and @Deloitte, we recently published our brand-new report, Q3 2024 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, to dive into the state of US VC in 2024. Build on our analyst insights and read the full report, covering these key topics: 🔵 Factors influencing the high amount of capital still being deployed 🔵 How the lack of distributions has shifted LP perception of venture 🔵 Areas outside of AI generating high investor interest and market demand 🔵 The outlook for private unicorns without a quality market for public listings Download the Q3 2024 Venture Monitor now! http://spr.ly/6043qKMVL

The closed #IPO window has forced #VC investors to take whatever liquidity they can get. More than two-thirds of VC-backed exits since 2022 returned a less than 1x multiple on invested capital. 🗞 Learn more in this edition of The Weekly Pitch, along with our newly-released US PE Breakdown and PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor for Q3.

Q3 was a breakout quarter for #PrivateEquity deal activity, putting the global market on track for a 10% to 20% gain this year. Looking forward, the US PE landscape for 2024 and beyond will not only be marked by the presidential elections, but also the federal interest rate cut—two events that rarely take place concurrently. In this video, PitchBook Lead Analyst Tim Clarke discusses the factors behind this quarter’s activity following a sluggish start and the expected patterns in the private markets pre- and post-election. Get his perspective on: 🗳️ Historic effects of elections and federal rate cuts on M&A closings 📊 Current #PE buy-side activity 🔭 What’s next for the private markets Watch now: https://pitchb.co/QWZ8zW #MergersAndAcquisitions #Acquisitions #Fundraising

A growing market for #fertility services has PE investors eager for sizeable platform opportunities, but a consolidated market has some firms taking a new approach. They're shifting focus to ancillary assets—companies that support core fertility services. 🗞 Read more in this edition of The Weekly Pitch, along with the week’s top news and research from our team of industry-leading sources for info on the worlds of VC, #PrivateEquity and M&A. Find it here 👇 

🚀 Our 2024 Sustainable Investment Survey report is now live! 🌿 This year, we dove into the ‘why’ and 'how' of sustainable investment strategies across various practitioners in today’s climate. Despite prevailing misconceptions around #ESG and Impact investing, our findings reveal a growing commitment to these frameworks. 📈 Key report highlights: 💡Our research showed a gap between perception and reality and more closely examined the misconception that Impact investing equates to concessionary returns. 💼 For the first time, we reported on private wealth segments, where respondents overwhelmingly said that the understanding of ESG varies widely across their clientele, making it difficult to have a uniform program. 🌏 How ESG and Impact investors are shifting their stance in response to current macroeconomic issues, geopolitics, and attacks on diversity. Join the conversation and discover how the sustainable investment ecosystem is evolving! 🔗 Download the report for more insights: https://pitchb.co/BOc0dh

A perfect day on the green in London! 🎉 Huge thanks to our clients for joining us—nothing like some friendly competition to strengthen great partnerships. We had fun and look forward to helping you win what’s next!

🚚 Funding for #AutonomousVehicles is again on the rise, and startups are looking for opportunities other than passenger cars. “Where are there unique business cases in which autonomous driving really solves something definitive?” asks PitchBook analyst  Jonathan Geurkink. Companies like Outrider, which is developing autonomous trucks that move shipping containers, are at the forefront of the integration of self-driving vehicles into the global #SupplyChain. 🗞 Learn more in this edition of The Weekly Pitch, along with the week’s top news and research from our team of industry-leading sources for info on the worlds of VC, PE and M&A.

With its first interest rate cut in four years, the Fed is taking a relatively dramatic approach to its easing campaign, which should ramp up M&A dealmakers' appetite by lower businesses' borrowing costs Even so, it’s a far cry from the era of zero interest rates that supercharged the private markets and spurred a sustained bull run and a flurry of IPOs. 🗞 Learn more in this edition of The Weekly Pitch, along with the week’s top news and research from our team of industry-leading sources for info on the worlds of VC, PE and M&A.