PitchBook Opens Its Platform to Startups for Free and Launches PitchBook Origin to Help Investors Find Opportunities Earlier
Business Wire•10/11/2026•07:43 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤8,625 first-time financing deals closed through Q3, surpassing 2021’s full-year record
- ➤$34.3 billion deployed in first-time financings, on pace to top 2021’s high
- ➤PitchBook for Startups offers eligible pre-institutional companies free platform access globally
- ➤PitchBook Origin launches covering roughly 25 million companies and 250 million people profiles
- ➤PitchBook Origin adds 15 million companies new to PitchBook for early-stage sourcing
Expert Statements
Peter Escher, Chief Data Operations Officer at PitchBook
“PitchBook was built on the belief that private markets work better when the right people and opportunities can find each other, and these launches put that belief into practice at scale”
Peter Escher, Chief Data Operations Officer at PitchBook
“We know this from experience. PitchBook was once a startup itself, working to get in front of the right backers, and for nearly two decades we’ve supported the entrepreneurs and investors who drive this market. Few organizations have the infrastructure, data and relationships across private capital markets that we do, which puts us in a unique position to help this industry discover and fund what comes next.”
Paul Santarelli, Chief Solutions Officer at PitchBook
“Early-stage companies and the investors who back them have been central to PitchBook’s coverage for years, and we’ve built the data and tools they rely on at every stage of a company’s growth”
Paul Santarelli, Chief Solutions Officer at PitchBook
“What’s been missing is visibility into the stage before a company raises, when the most important signals are the hardest to see. PitchBook Origin pairs behavioral signals and founder intelligence with the private market data our clients already trust, so investors can move from scanning for noise to acting on the companies that matter. And because founders in PitchBook for Startups contribute verified information directly, that picture gets sharper with every company that joins.”
Founder and CEO of fintech startup, Founder and CEO of fintech startup
“As a founder, it’s my responsibility to set the strategy of the company for the next 12 months and beyond. PitchBook gives me a very good glimpse into the future, as well as insight into existing challenges, to develop my long-term strategy. It’s been an amazing tool for us. It’s really helped us reduce costs, reduce time, reduce noise, and make our pitch a lot better—and not only target what we want and who we want to reach out to, but how we want to reach out to them.”
CFO of medical tech startup, CFO of medical tech startup
“PitchBook has been instrumental in identifying and prioritizing investors that are a strategic fit for us, especially those with a strong track record in being active in med tech growth equity. We’ve used the platform to build targeted investor lists, conduct diligence on potential backers, and better understand the investment patterns of comparable private companies. This data has importantly helped us streamline our outreach strategy and how we benchmark against peers.”
PitchBook Opens Its Platform to Startups for Free and Launches PitchBook Origin to Help Investors Find Opportunities Earlier
Releases extend PitchBook intelligence to the companies that will define private markets’ future, and put the investors who back them in position to find them first
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