Private Equity Spotlight: U.S. West Coast

Private Equity Spotlight: U.S. West Coast by Kevin Dowd, PitchBook U.S. West Coast PitchBook Platform users can click to explore the data Everyone knows that Silicon Valley is the thrumming heartbeat of venture capital. But as it turns out, the West Coast of the U.S. is also home to an ever-rising amount of private equity activity. Last year saw an all-time high of 626 deals completed in the region, according to the PitchBook Platform, a 5% YoY increase from 2014—that despite deal count declining in the U.S. as a whole. Over a slightly longer timespan, 2015 activity on the West Coast…