Entrepreneurship Resources

Connect to the Darden VPN prior to logging in. Search Pitchbook for information on venture capital and private equity companies, funds, limited partners, service providers, founders, investors and buyers. In many cases, Pitchbook provides information about deals and funding. Please note this is a new link, so update your bookmarks, or go to my.pitchbook.com and click on Log in with SSO.

Explore this site for data on the performance of private equity firms and funds. You can search for firms and funds by name or screen for funds by vintage year, fund type, geographic focus, manager location, industry focus, and fund size. In addition, you can create benchmarks for funds with select characteristics.

Consider using CapIQ if you need current and historical market and financial data and/or want to screen for companies, deals, and persons. Cap IQ is also a great source for earnings call transcripts, and company compariative analysis. 

Choose University of Virginia in the drop-down list under “If you have access” and login through NetBadge. Search here for statistics on 170 industries from over 50 countries. For a broader prospective, browse and view Statista dossiers, industry reports, market studies, outlook reports, surveys, and country reports.

You can search for a list of privately held companies by industry, geography, and other criteria. Click on the additional filters link for a list of options. Once you have generated a list they are downloadable.

Explore the Gartner database to learn more about trends and developments in information technology. Gartner's provides in depth research and market insight for the users and vendors of software, hardware, communications, and other technology used in business, education, and government. You will need to login using your the two-step login process with UVA Netbadge.

Sign-up for an account to access this database. To sign-up use your Darden E-mail address and create a unique password. Forrester reports on developments in information technology, software, communications, and use of technology in marketing, supply chain management, operations, education, etc.

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Go here for information about over 700 US industries. Provides information about industry performance, outlook, products and markets, competitive landscape, major companies, operating conditions, and key statistics. Select icon under page heading to download a complete report.

Search this database for information about emerging market countries, companies, industries, and economic conditions.

Must connect to Darden VPN. Search GlobalData Disruptor Technology Intelligence Centre for reports on disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, digital payment technology, etc. Includes case studies and profiles on specific companies. In addition, select the companies tab on the top menu to view a searchable database of companies, technologies, funding, and investors. Select the databases tab on the top menu to search the "Deals Landscape" database; news; and an "Influencers" database providing links to recent tweets and online articles.

The ISI Emerging Markets Service provides business intelligence on more than 100 of the world's main emerging economies in Asia, Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America.

EMIS operates in and reports on countries where high reward goes hand-in-hand with high risk. It brings you time-sensitive, hard-to-get, relevant news, research and analytical data, peer comparisons and more for over 147 emerging markets.

Click on Find a Patent, this will open up the TotalPatent One Search. Here you can search by title, legal status, IPC, Assignees and more!

Search for patent analytics and then click on the patent analytics link in the search results, from here you can go to the patent dashboard to see publication trends, trending themes, top inventors and much more. You may also search for specific patents.

Patents are most easily found by searching for a particular company and then scrolling along the subheading menu and selecting patents. You can see a list of patents filed by that particular company as well as individual patents.

Aggregated news from national and local newspapers, magazines, trade publications, and transcripts. Factiva includes access to the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Barron's. Content is available in 22 languages. Factiva also houses succinct company profiles, Factiva's indexing tools and more.

ABI/INFORM Global offers the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels. It allows users to research business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive landscape.

Search this database for articles in 1,200 business journals, magazines, and trade journals. Also provides industry reports, country profiles, and company SWOT analyses. Business Source Complete is often the best place to start your research.