Preqin (Private Equity and Venture Capital and Real Estate)
Information on private equity venture capital plus real estate deals, funds, investors and fund managers; allows users to analyze data across the entire investment lifecycle. Information on over 177,000 VC deals, 75,000 PE deals, and 80,000 RE deals. Data points include Cash flows into and out of funds, Funds terms including carried interest, management fees, hurdle rates, and more. 1953-present; more robust data: 2000-present.
The Private Equity and Venture Capital segments of Preqin may also be accessed through a WRDS account. The Real Estate segment cannot.
Learn more about Preqin from WRDS.
WRDS Access is available only to current UNC-CH faculty, students, and selected staff.
Need access? Go to https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu and click on “REGISTER” in the upper right corner of the page.
UNC-CH users only
Capital IQ (Kenan-Flagler only)
In-depth financial information on publicly-traded companies and investment firms. Includes transactions in both the public and private capital markets as well as financial statement data, executives’ biographical characteristics, and deal or transaction specifics.
Data can be exported to Excel 
.
Because of licensing restrictions:
- Access to Capital IQ is restricted to current faculty, staff, and students of UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.
- You MUST use your @kenan-flagler.unc.edu email address when requesting an account.
- Access through this website; DO NOT bookmark the S&P Capital IQ login page
- Login with your UNC Onyen from both on-campus and off-campus.
- ➡️ It’s HARD to access Capital IQ for the first time. Here’s How to Access Capital IQ. Questions? Contact Researchtools@kenan-flagler.unc.edu.
UNC Kenan-Flagler users only
https://spruce-lib-unc-edu.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/credentials/capitaliq.html
CBinsights
Venture capital, angel investment, and private equity database. Tracks global venture capital, angel investment, private equity, M&A, and IPO activity related to private companies. An excellent resource for startups and entrepreneurship research.
Students, faculty and staff must register and set up an account using a valid UNC Chapel Hill email address to access CB Insights. Each user is limited to 4,000 lines of downloading per year.
UNC-CH users with additional password
SDC Platinum (LSEG Workspace)
SDC Platinum (LSEG Workspace)
Provides detailed information on new issues, mergers and acquisitions, syndicated loans, and private equity for the global financial marketplace.
SDC Platinum is now a module that can be added to an LSEG Workspace account. Complete this form to request this module be added to your account: https://unc.libwizard.com/f/sdc-platinum-access.
If you do not have a LSEG Workspace account, self-register for an account following the instructions here: https://guides.lib.unc.edu/go65062420. For help contact: Researchassistance@unc.edu.
UNC-CH users with additional password
Orbis M&A
Information about Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Initial Public Offering (IPO), Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) deals, going back five years for international deals and back to 1997 for deals involving European and American companies.
From Bureau van Dijk. Formerly known as Zephyr.
See also Orbis.
UNC-CH users only