appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . february 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message pitchbook data inc. pitchbook data s logo industry mergers and acquisitions private equity and venture capital founded seattle wa march 2007 headquarters seattle washington united states number of locations london new york city key people john gabbert founder and ceo 1 products the pitchbook platform pitchbook mobile revenue 31 million in 2015 number of employees 600 oct 2016 2 website pitchbook.com pitchbook data inc. is a saas company that delivers data research and technology covering the private capital markets including venture capital private equity and m & a transactions . 3 it is based in seattle washington with regional offices in london and new york city . the company s core product the pitchbook platform is a subscription only database of the information it collects . it also provides commentary and analysis of current events trends and issues relevant to its field through pitchbook news and analysis . contents 1 history 2 products 3 operations 4 references history edit pitchbook was founded in 2007 by john gabbert . 4 in 2009 it received investment of 4.25 million from angel investors and morningstar 5 6 and a further 10 million from morningstar in january 2016 . 2 in october 2016 morningstar announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire pitchbook paying approximately 180 million for the remaining ownership in a transaction that values pitchbook at 225 million . pitchbook will maintain its brand and identity ; founder and ceo john gabbert will continue to run the company . 7 as of june 30 2016 the company generated revenue of 31.1 million for the trailing 12 month period . 8 its workforce includes over 260 employees in seattle and approximately 600 worldwide including full time contractors . 2 products edit the pitchbook platform 9 is a web based data software research and analysis tool that provides information about vc pe and m & a transactions including public and private companies investors funds firms and people . within the pitchbook platform users can also use a variety of software and analysis tools to run targeted searches build financial models create data visualizations and build custom benchmarks . pitchbook also provides plugins for microsoft excel as well as crm plugins for salesforce microsoft dynamics and dynamo software . operations edit to gather their data pitchbook claims to combine the input from over 200 unidentified research professionals with machine learning and natural language processing technologies to gather information . however neither the skill level nor the actual relationship of these researches to the company is disclosed . citation needed . pitchbook s competitors include thomson reuters bloomberg capital iq and factset research systems as well as smaller more niche focused players like preqin cambridge mattermark and cb insights . references edit john gabbert 2013 40 under 40 honoree video . puget sound business journal . september 13 2013 . retrieved october 9 2013 . a b c morningstar buys seattle start up in 225 million deal . seattle times . retrieved 10 15 2016 . check date values in access date help morningstar u.s. news archive . retrieved 2016 10 15 . pitchbook ceo lectures at startup resource nights foster blog . foster blog . retrieved 2016 02 03 . about . pitchbook.com . retrieved 2016 02 02 . dealbook . morningstar invests in pitchbook . dealbook . retrieved 2016 02 02 . morningstar u.s. news archive . retrieved 2016 10 15 . morningstar u.s. news archive . retrieved 2016 10 15 . m & a private equity and venture capital software the pitchbook platform . pitchbook.com . retrieved 2016 02 02 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pitchbook data & oldid 744534840 categories companies based in seattlecompanies established in 2007hidden categories cs1 errors dateswikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from february 2016all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 october 2016 at 21 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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