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PitchBook is built for company financials, fund data and ownership history. Vequity starts with acquisition behavior and the reasons behind deals, turning that intelligence into add-on pipelines and exit buyer lists with a written rationale for every name.
170,000
deals over 26 years
2.3M
company profiles, mapped by capability
1,900+
firms and portfolio companies with declared proprietary acquisition criteria
470 investment firms and 1,481 portfolio companies
Where they differ
Data model
Reads what is publicly visible about a company
Starts from 170,000 deals and why they happened
Classification
NAICS codes and keywords
Vequity Investment Taxonomy plus capability tags
Deal history
Deal and ownership records with financial metrics
170,000 transactions with the acquirer’s stated rationale
Buyer intent
Acquirer screens built from past deals and dry powder
1,900+ firms and portfolio companies with declared proprietary acquisition criteria
Rationale per name
Not provided
A written rationale for every target and buyer
Portfolio pre-population
You build each search
Every company you own arrives with a draft pipeline
Users
Per seat
Unlimited users per firm and per portfolio company
Best for
Public and private company financials, fund data and ownership history
Add-on pipelines, exit buyers and buyer lists with the reason attached
Competitor descriptions are from the vendor’s public materials as of October 2026.
When to use both
Keep PitchBook for company financials, fund research, ownership history and precedent transactions. Use Vequity alongside it to prioritize the add-ons each portfolio company should pursue and identify exit buyers, with the acquisition rationale attached to every name.