PitchBook's Year of Platform Innovation Connects Private Markets from Pre-seed to Public
Business Wire•12/11/2026•09:00 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤8,625 US first-time financings through Q3 2026, surpassing 2021’s full-year record
- ➤$34.3 billion deployed in first-time financings, annualized to exceed 2021’s $40.7 billion
- ➤5,012 US venture deals closed in Q3, the dataset’s second-highest quarterly total
- ➤992 active unicorns, up 14.9% year-over-year, reached a record
- ➤PitchBook Origin launches covering roughly 25 million companies and 250 million people profiles
Expert Statements
Rod Diefendorf, President and Chief Operating Officer at PitchBook
“This year was about matching the speed private markets are moving at with the infrastructure to keep pace,”
Rod Diefendorf, President and Chief Operating Officer at PitchBook
“We started by putting that speed directly into investors' hands, giving them AI-powered workflows that turn weeks of work to days. Then we extended that same foundation earlier in the lifecycle, connecting the companies shaping the next generation of private markets to the investors racing to find them first. Together, these releases put the data that powers how investors work within reach at every stage of private market dealmaking, from a company’s first check to its exit.”
PitchBook's Year of Platform Innovation Connects Private Markets from Pre-seed to Public
New agentic capabilities and PitchBook Data MCP modernize how investors access PitchBook's intelligence; new offerings extend that same access to the companies and investors shaping the private markets of tomorrow
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