Guides: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Education: Funding & Foundations

Private Equity/Venture Capital

For a detailed listing of Private Equity and Venture Capital research resources, visit the PE/VC Library Guide.

PitchBook
Investment trends and transactions in private equity and venture capital sectors, as well as public company information. Includes profiles of companies and investors with financial and deal information.
CB Insights
Provides investment information, news and industry trends related to private companies in all investment stages.
Crunchbase (available onsite only)
Covers companies and investors, focusing primarily on start-ups and high-growth companies.
Available in the Yablon Financial Resources Lab (rm. 244) in Lippincott Library. Ask at the Lippincott Information Desk for assistance logging on.
Preqin
Includes investor profiles, deal information, performance metrics and fund managers covering a broad range of asset classes (hedge funds, infrastructure, private debt, private equity, secondaries and venture capital).
Privco
Directory of privately-held companies. Company information consists of a business summary, an overview of corporate organization, list of competitors, industry description, financials (almost always revenue only) and number of employees. Provides M&A deals and deal multiples, private firm valuations, VC funding, private equity deal history; and private and family ownership data.

Pratt's guide to private equity & venture capital sources (print book)
Directory for researching PE and VC firms operating around the world. Latest issue at Lippincott Reference Desk.

Foundation Directory
Detailed information on grantmakers, companies, grants, and grant recipients, as well as access to grantmaker web sites and searchable 990s. (PennKey required)
Grant Advisor Plus
Information on grant, research, and fellowship opportunities for U.S. institutions of higher education and their faculty.
Grants.gov

Grants to Individuals Online
Guidestar Pro
Search GuideStar for up-to-date nonprofit data including company profiles and financials.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
K-12 education efforts focus on helping underserved urban students.
Silicon Valley Education Foundation
Broad Foundation
The Broad Foundation was established by entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad to advance entrepreneurship for the public good in education, science and the arts.