Private Equity (PE)

• In 2018, the global private equity industry experienced an impressive increase in investment as a result of factors that included fierce competition and rising asset prices that continued to constrain deal counts.
• In 2018, the number of individual transactions in the private equity industry decreased in number by 13% to 2,936 worldwide. However, the total buyout value jumped 10% to a value of $582 billion (inclusive of add-on-deals) capping the strongest five-year run in the industry’s history.
• According to Investopedia, the volume of private equity deals in 2017 was $1.3 trillion and the average deal size in this year was $157 million.
• According to Investopedia, key players within the global private equity industry include Apollo Global Management LLC, Blackstone Group LP, Carlyle Group, KKR & Company LP, Ares Management LP, Oaktree Capital Management LP, Fortress Investment Group LLC, Bain Capital LLC, TPG Capital LP, and Ardian.
• A list of the top 300 private equity firms in the world can be accessed on the Private Equity International website.

Venture Capital (VC)

• By the end of 2018, the United States venture capital industry invested $130.9 billion in US-based startups, surpassing the all-time high that was experienced in 2000.
• In 2018, a total of $254 billion was invested globally into an estimated 18,000 startups via venture capital financing. This represented a a 46% increase from 2017’s figures.
• The United States accounted for 52% of the total global venture capital investment. This translates to $131 billion.
• Key players within the venture capital industry include Start-Up Chile, Insight Venture Partners, Tencent Holdings , New Enterprise Associates , Sequoia Capital China , Accel , Sequoia Capital , Higher Ground Labs , Quake Capital Partners , and Goldman Sachs.
• A list of the top 100 venture capital firms in the world can be accessed on the CB Insights website. 
• According to the National Venture Capital Association, there are 798 venture capital firms in the United States down from 1,009 that existed in 2005.