Pitchbook review.
May 19, 2025

Pitchbook review.

Phil Lewis | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with PitchBook

We use it to analyse VC and PE trends, primarily looking at investments into the UK, where they come from, and in what sector they are materialising. This is one of the few databases we have access to on VC and PE, so it fills an evidence gap on those types of investment and complements more FDI-related analysis.

Pros

  • Enables filleting of information.
  • Provides a strong universe of data to analyse.
  • Provides research and trends reports from Pitchbook specialists.

Cons

  • More ability to look at where investments have originated from.
  • Sometimes the site could be more navigable.
  • As an analyst, I would like to see more data about the businesses/projects being invested in and the investing company.
  • It enables us to know more about VC and PE and advise colleagues.
  • It saves time to have a database available rather than having to do more manual searching.
  • The pivot tables allow a quick piece of analysis to be completed.
I think the upfront assistance is beneficial and helps new people navigate the site. The emails on trend reports are also quite interesting. I think more information is needed on any site improvements being made and the pipeline of enhancements that are being made, if any. Generally content with not needing to see a customer adviser every week/month, etc.
The quality of the data generally seems to be of a good standard, but I also do not have anything else to compare it to. I use Pitchbook to analyze investment trends. I think others in the organisation use it to identify companies and what could be considered more operational tasks.
Generally, it is pretty usable, and it seems easy enough to filter information and data. I think more explanation and guidance (whilst there is some) on some of the available fields would be handy and enable us to hone our analysis and get to the population of interest more rapidly.

Do you think PitchBook delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with PitchBook's feature set?

Yes

Did PitchBook live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of PitchBook go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy PitchBook again?

Yes

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It is very well suited to analyzing PE and VC and fills a valuable gap in our knowledge in this space. However, it does not capture FDI-related investment, although I do not think it needs to for our purposes. I think more about predictive analytics, e.g., predicting investment is something that could be augmented.

PitchBook Feature Ratings

Financial Research
7.3
Public Company Data
8
Private Company Data
8
Industry and Sector Research
8
Industry-Specific Information
8
Independent Research Access
8
M&A Analysis
8
Supply Chain Data
6
ESG Data
7
Credit Ratings Reports
6
Macroeconomic News
6
Search Tools
7

Comments

  • Sally Davis | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Sally Davis
    (Vendor Representative) commented 6 months ago
    Thank you for your review Phil Were glad to hear PitchBook has been helpful when it comes to understanding the PE and VC space. We appreciate your feedback regarding our data and platform usability. We have flagged this feedback in our system. Thanks for being a PitchBook customer

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