Join Shyan, an account manager in our London office, for a very special edition behind the scenes look at Pitchbook's annual London Football Tournament! Dozens of PitchBook clients from across the globe arrived at Emirates Stadium, home of the storied Arsenal Football Club. Players kitted up in the home changing room, met the great Ray Parlour, and took to the pitch—competing in a round robin-style tournament on the Gunners homefield.

Is the recent AI boom enough to reopen the IPO window? Investors and allocators are increasingly frustrated by the lack of exit opportunities, but a recent spate of successful IPOs in 2025 may be cause for optimism. In a recent roundtable, PitchBook Global Head of Private Markets Research Paul Condra and PitchBook Head of News James Thorne discussed the health of the IPO market and the impact of the federal government shutdown. “There was actually a lot of very strong momentum in the earlier part of 2025,” said Paul Condra. “Of course, you had the government shutdown in the latter part of the year, and that really closed off the IPO spigot—and we haven’t really seen that snapback.” 💡 Watch the full conversation to learn about the future of the private capital markets in 2026.

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