Kresge Research Guides: ES 395 Entrepreneurial Management: Private Equity/Venture Capital

Venture Capital, Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions

Orbis M&A (formerly Zephyr)
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- Use the Advanced Search screen of Zephyr to search across deals.
PrivCo
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PrivCo covers deal data related to private companies and public companies with private deal activity.
PitchBook
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- Search thousands of private equity and venture capital deals by hundreds of criteria.
- Use PitchBook to establish benchmarks, find real time data on deals, identify and analyze comparables, and search investor details.
- Available to current MBA students only. Downloads are not available.
ThomsonONE
Now called EIKON. Available on site in Kresge Library, or ask your Team librarian to search it.

Crunchbase
Crunchbase is a free site that tracks VC funding for startups. Find out who is investing in what. For more of this kind of info, be sure to check out the PrivCo and PitchBook databases, too.

Intelligent M and A by Scott Moeller; Chris Brady
ISBN: 9781118764206
Publication Date: 2014-05-12
Wiley eBook published in 2014: Intelligent M & A : Navigating the Mergers and Acquisitions Minefield
Introduction to Private Equity by Cyril Demaria
ISBN: 9780470660942
Publication Date: 2010-12-03
The Business of Venture Capital by Mahendra Ramsinghani
ISBN: 9781118752197
Publication Date: 2014-08-18

Gilligan, John and Mike Wright. Private Equity Demystified, Second Edition. March, 2010.

A quarterly survey with overviews of venture capital and private equity in the U.S., and statistics by industry, state, and firm.