PitchBook for Startups

About

Eligible early-stage companies that have not raised institutional capital can receive free access to a modified PitchBook platform for recurring three-month periods in exchange for quarterly company and founder data updates.

Benefits

• 🆓Free platform access
  Accepted companies receive free access to a modified PitchBook platform for recurring three-month periods, subject to continued eligibility and compliance.
• 👥Founder seats
  Access includes two seats, one for each of two founders selected by the company.
• 📊Data downloads
  Access includes up to 10 lines of data per day and 25 lines per month.
• 🔌MCP Select Connector
  Access includes the MCP Select Connector, limited to 75 tool calls per hour and 150 tool calls per day.
• 🛟Support resources
  Access includes PitchBook Support, the Help Center and Pioneer.
• 🔎Investor research and benchmarking
  Founders can research investors active in their sector, geography and stage and compare valuation and growth metrics against similar companies.
• ⚠️ Limited features
  The modified platform does not include credit features, news, ratings, alerts, consensus estimates or third-party equity research.
• 🚫No custom analysis
  PitchBook does not provide custom analysis or a dedicated account team to participants.

Eligibility Criteria

• The company has not raised capital from an institutional investor, including a venture capital firm, corporate venture capital firm, private equity firm or institutional seed fund.
• Funding from founders, friends and family, angel investors, grants or accelerators is not treated as institutional capital.
• The company is currently self-funded through sources such as bootstrapping, friends and family, angel investment, grants or accelerators.
• The company is seeking its first institutional financing.
• Neither the company nor any founder named in the application has held a paid PitchBook contract in the past 12 months.
• PitchBook can verify the company and its founders through work email addresses, a website and LinkedIn profiles.
• The company can provide a link to a working demo, prototype or product mockup.
• The applicant has authority to bind the company.

Participation Commitments

• The company must accept the PitchBook for Startups program terms, PitchBook’s Content License Agreement and PitchBook’s Privacy Policy.
• The applicant must have authority to bind the company and submit the application as an electronic signature.
• The company must provide accurate and current information about the company and its founders through the application and each required form.
• The company must complete every required field, entering “N/A” or “0” where a field does not apply.
• The company must submit an update every quarter by the date in PitchBook’s request.
• The company must tell PitchBook within 30 days after it closes a new funding round.
• The quarterly information may include employee count, annual revenue, margin, burn rate, cash balance, customer count, active users, customer acquisition cost, net renewal rate, churn rate, average contract value, lifetime value, capital raised, investors and employment history of up to three founders.
• The company grants PitchBook a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable license to use, modify, sell, license and otherwise exploit Submitted Information.
• PitchBook may identify the company as a program participant and use its name and logo in any medium.
• Access begins on the date PitchBook sets up access and runs in three-month periods that renew only if the company remains eligible.
• No participation fee is charged for the program.

Target Sector

Sector agnostic, Agriculture & Food, Defense & Security, Education, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, Government & Public Sector, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Real Estate & Construction, Retail & Consumer, Semiconductors & Electronics, Sports & Fitness, Telecommunications, Transportation & Logistics, Travel & Hospitality, Other

Target Location

The program is open to companies worldwide, subject to applicable law, including sanctions and export controls.