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Private Equity & Venture Capital

PitchBook
Pitchbook is a mediated-access database. Please see Additional Information. Use PitchBook to search thousands of private equity and venture capital deals by hundreds of criteria. Establish benchmarks, find real time data on deals, identify and analyze comparables, and search investor details.

Each user must create a personal account while on campus, or via full tunnel VPN, using their valid @umn.edu e-mail address. On-campus or full tunnel VPN access is also required for changing account passwords. Individual accounts must be reset every year on July 1st. Detailed instructions on how to create a personal account are available at: libguides.umn.edu/pitchbook

Faculty requiring larger data downloads may contact the library for assistance. Forward Pitchbook faculty download requests busref@umn.edu.
CB Insights
Access to this resource has been cancelled effective June 9, 2025. For an alternative business data option, please see Pitchbook.
National Science Foundation-backed company that uses data to provide Venture Capitalists, corporate strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions groups, and investment bankers with intelligence on emerging companies and disruptive technology trends.

You must create a personal account to access this resource. Click on the SIGN UP link. Accounts expire after one year and must be renewed annually. Contact CB Insights at info@cbinsights.com to renew/reinstate account logins. Note: Users must connect to resource through Libraries site or be on VPN to use their personal login off campus.
PrivCo
Database of financial data on major privately-held companies. Includes private financials and revenues; private M&A deals and deal multiples, private firm valuations, VC funding, private equity deal history; and private and family ownership data.

This resource requires creation of a personal account using U of MN e-mail address.

Note: During the COVID-19 closure, if you have already created a personal account, you can log in directly at http://privco.com/. For first-time users, click on the title link above (PrivCo) and create an account by clicking the "Create an academic account" link.

Bloomberg Professional
News and analytics for over 129 countries and 250 exchanges for the financial services industry. Offerings include 24-hour historical and 15-minute delayed securities pricing, news, data, and analysis on companies, markets and economies.

Bloomberg Professional desktop is available in Wilson Library (West Bank Campus), and laptops in Walter Library (for use in the Toaster). See access instructions below.
Using Bloomberg Professional in Wilson Library. Direct specific questions to the Libraries business specialists: busref@umn.edu.
Using Bloomberg Professional laptops in Walter Library (for use in the Toaster)

S&P Capital IQ (with access to Aftermarket Research)

University students, staff, and faculty must create a user profile. See More Information below for instructions.
Standard & Poor's Capital IQ is a resource for financial data, analytics, and research. Capital IQ includes access to Aftermarket Research, an extensive collection of embargoed analyst research reports (current & historical back to 1995).
Guest users not affiliated with the University, please contact busref@umn.edu 2 business days ahead of your visit to arrange for login access.

Detailed instructions on how to create a personal account are available at: https://libguides.umn.edu/capiqpro

Note: Full Tunnel VPN is required to use this resource.
Excel add-on available. Faculty who wish to use this tool for a class may request a batch class registration. Please contact busref@umn.edu to request this access.

News & Articles

Business Source Premier
Find business articles from journals and magazines in marketing, management, information technology, operations, human resources, accounting, finance and economics dating back to 1965.
Web of Science
A comprehensive interdisciplinary collection of journal article citations. Subjects generally covered are within science and technology, arts and humanities, and social sciences. View this tutorial to learn how to go from a general idea to a very precise set of results of journal articles and scholarly materials.
Factiva
Search millions of newspapers, business magazines, and newswires with international and foreign language coverage with all editions of the Wall Street Journal. Financial information for publicly traded companies, stocks, funds, currencies, and common market indexes. Limited to 7 simultaneous users.

Last Updated: Nov 7, 2025 2:31 PM