LPs cannot afford to rely on outdated assumptions.
Pricing has shifted. Leverage risk is rising. Returns are under pressure. In today’s volatile market, understanding where private markets have been repriced is critical to manager selection, underwriting, and portfolio risk.
Based on 172,000+ private market deals, this whitepaper reveals how valuations, leverage, and returns have changed — including deeper analysis of North American buyouts and Software.
Download the whitepaper to see where risk is building before it shows up in your portfolio.
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CEPRES DealForge shows recent Co-location/Data Center deals at 20.60x median EV/EBITDA, while the upper 50% generated a 44.16% median IRR versus 11.58% for the lower 50%.
Download the report to see what separates the strongest deals, where sector averages mask downside, and what is actually driving returns — before your next investment decision.
Venture Capital: Is the AI Boom Repeating the Dot-Com Cycle
Thirty years of North American technology venture data reveal a $480.5bn gap between reported portfolio valuations and realized cash.
Download the report to compare the AI and dot-com cycles across capital flows, defaults, loss rates, IRR and DPI—and see what the data suggests about how much of today’s AI-driven value could ultimately convert into distributions.
Price and Limits of the EV Trade: A Deal-Level View of Growth, Risk, and Returns in Automotive Components
DealForge analysis of 112 automotive-component investments, including 18 tire and rubber deals, reveals a 23.73% versus 0.41% median gross IRR split — while 85% of net equity value creation came from revenue growth and margin expansion.
The Data Center Deal: What the Numbers Actually say About the AI Infrastructure Boom
Data Centers are commanding some of the highest valuations in private markets. But the headline returns hide a much more divided market.
CEPRES DealForge shows recent Co-location/Data Center deals at 20.60x median EV/EBITDA, while the upper 50% generated a 44.16% median IRR versus 11.58% for the lower 50%.
Download the report to see what separates the strongest deals, where sector averages mask downside, and what is actually driving returns — before your next investment decision.
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Thirty years of North American technology venture data reveal a $480.5bn gap between reported portfolio valuations and realized cash.
Download the report to compare the AI and dot-com cycles across capital flows, defaults, loss rates, IRR and DPI—and see what the data suggests about how much of today’s AI-driven value could ultimately convert into distributions.
Price and Limits of the EV Trade: A Deal-Level View of Growth, Risk, and Returns in Automotive Components
DealForge analysis of 112 automotive-component investments, including 18 tire and rubber deals, reveals a 23.73% versus 0.41% median gross IRR split — while 85% of net equity value creation came from revenue growth and margin expansion.
