Private Equity & Venture Capital: Home

Private equity venture capital, and real estate deals, funds, investors and fund managers that allows users to analyze data across the entire investment lifecycle. Robust coverage to 2000, limited coverage to 1953. The Private Equity and Venture Capital segments accessible in WRDS. Real Estate segment not in WRDS.

Capital IQ allows users to search for and screen for information on companies including in-depth financial information on publicly traded companies, information on investment firms, biographical information on corporate professionals, and transactions in both the public and private capital markets by a very wide range of company identification data, financial statement data, executive’s biographical characteristics, and deal or transaction specifics. (Source Vendor Web site)

Information can be exported to Excel.

SPECIAL NOTE: Because of licensing restrictions: Access to Capital IQ is restricted to current faculty, staff, and students of UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Collection of databases for Kenan-Flagler only:

• Global New Issues: information on new issues of stock by public companies as well as information on Initial Public Offerings by previously private companies. For U.S. and non U.S. companies.


• Mergers & Acquisitions Joint Ventures, and Repurchases: information on U.S and Non U.S. deals.


• VentureXpert: venture capital funding information. at the firm, fund and portfolio company level.


• Corporate Restructuring: Full details on U.S bankruptcies from 1988 to the present and Limited information on Bankruptcies from 1980 to 1990. Also information on Exchange offers for U.S. companies.


• Corporate Governance: information on Poison Pills U.S. companies may have but not on Proxy Fights.


• Global Public Finance: information on bonds issued by states, cities, towns, and other subnational issuers.

Special Note: Please contact David Ernsthausen for access information.

A transaction information service: follow M&A, pre-auction offerings, private equity transactions, distressed debt opportunities and more.
UNC Kenan-Flagler users only
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