Buyouts

What Buyouts does

Buyouts (operating as Buyouts Insider) is a subscription-based B2B media and intelligence platform specialized in US mid-market private equity, founded in 1988 and operated as a publication brand under PEI Group, a diversified alternative-assets media company. The platform serves institutional limited partners (pension funds, endowments, family offices, sovereign wealth funds), private equity general partners, emerging managers, and investment consultants. It is distributed via buyoutsinsider.com with editorial offices in New York (North American headquarters) and London (PEI Group headquarters), and the wider PEI Group maintains presence in Hong Kong.

The core product set combines a searchable proprietary database (covering LPs, GPs, funds, commitments, placement agents, law firms, family offices, and live fundraising and benchmarking tools) with recurring editorial products including digital magazines, the annual Buyouts 100 ranking, the Emerging Manager Report (now in its ninth edition), the Secondaries Report, the Women in Private Equity report, and the Buyouts Fundraising Reports. The company also publishes the Commitment Issues and Spotlight podcasts, hosts the NEXUS conference series, and provides the Investor Calendar and LP Perspectives Portal as community and workflow tools. The underlying technology is described as a B2B media and intelligence platform; specific platform architecture and proprietary AI/ML components are not publicly disclosed.

Revenue is generated primarily through annual subscription-based access to news, analysis, database tools, and special reports, supplemented by event-related revenue (NEXUS conferences), podcast distribution, and reprints. Pricing tiers are not publicly disclosed but the site indicates annual subscription billing for enterprise-grade access. Distribution is primarily direct online subscription (self-serve/PLG) with enterprise sales motion for institutional investors, supported by a multi-channel content marketing approach spanning SEO, email newsletters, podcasts, social media, webinars, and events. Named institutional logos include CalPERS, BCI (C$36bn PE platform), MassPRIM ($123bn pension system), and Ohio Teachers, alongside a broad base of GP subscribers and emerging managers tracked through the Emerging Manager Report.

Name

Buyouts

Legal name

Buyouts

Website

https://buyoutsinsider.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Buyouts Insider is a subscription-based B2B media and intelligence platform serving US mid-market private equity professionals through a proprietary database of LPs, GPs, funds, and benchmarks, alongside digital magazines, special reports, podcasts, and the NEXUS industry event.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Subscription-based access to news, analysis, database, and reports on US mid-market private equity.
2. Research Reports: Specialized reports including Emerging Manager Report, GP Stakes Report, and Secondaries Report available for download.
3. Database Services: Access to searchable databases of LPs, GPs, funds, commitments, placement agents, law firms, and benchmarking tools.
4. Events and Podcasts: Revenue from events including NEXUS conference, as well as podcast content like Commitment Issues.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Buyouts is a subscription-based B2B media and intelligence platform delivering news, analysis, proprietary research reports, and searchable databases covering US mid-market private equity activity. Its offering combines a digital magazine, special reports (including the annual Emerging Manager Report, Secondaries Report, Buyouts 100 ranking, and Women in Private Equity), a database of LPs, GPs, funds, commitments, placement agents, and law firms, plus benchmarking tools and live fundraising charts, sold primarily through annual subscriptions to institutional investors, private equity firms, and investment consultants.

Product overview

Buyouts Insider is a subscription-based media and intelligence platform providing unrivaled US mid-market private equity insights and data. The platform operates as a unified offering combining a searchable Database (covering LPs, GPs, funds, commitments, and benchmarks), regularly published Digital Magazines and Special Reports (including the Emerging Manager Report, Secondaries Report, Women in Private Equity, and Buyouts 100), and Fundraising Reports. These products together deliver comprehensive market intelligence for private equity professionals through news analysis, data tools, and proprietary research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Buyouts Database

Quantifiable outcome

• 51% of emerging managers cite market conditions as most challenging fundraising aspect (2025 survey of 101 managers)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Gen II Fund ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Partnership with Gen II Fund Services to release the annual Emerging Manager Report. The ninth annual report surveyed 101 emerging managers between October and December 2025 on topics including fundraising, AI adoption, and market sentiment.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bloomberg Terminal / Bloomberg Intelligence: Bloomberg provides PE and private-market data, news, and analytics to institutional investors via the Terminal and Bloomberg Intelligence. It competes for the same LP and GP research budget as Buyouts but as a broad financial-data incumbent rather than a mid-market PE specialist.
• S&P Global Market Intelligence: S&P Global Market Intelligence is a large incumbent financial data provider covering public and private companies, funds, and transactions. It competes with Buyouts on institutional datasets (funds, deals, performance) but as part of a much broader portfolio rather than specializing in US mid-market PE.

Direct peers

• Preqin: Preqin is the leading independent data and intelligence platform for private capital, covering funds, GPs, LPs, deals, and performance benchmarks. It competes most directly with Buyouts' database and benchmarking products and shares the same institutional LP/GP customer base.
• Venture Capital Journal (VCJ): Sister PEI Group publication covering the venture capital and growth equity market. Comparable editorial and database structure, and serves an overlapping emerging-manager and institutional LP audience that Buyouts also tracks in its Emerging Manager Report.
• Private Equity International: Sister PEI Group publication covering global private equity with the same institutional LP/GP audience as Buyouts. Directly comparable in product mix (magazine, database, reports, events) and pricing model, and is the closest substitute a US mid-market subscriber would consider.
• Mergermarket (Acuris): Mergermarket, part of Acuris (now ION), provides intelligence on M&A, PE deal flow, and private company coverage targeting the same LP, GP, advisor, and corporate development audience as Buyouts. Comparable in subscription-based intelligence and B2B data delivery model.
• Secondaries Investor: Sister PEI Group title dedicated to PE secondaries, LP-led transactions, and continuation vehicles. It targets the same institutional LP/GP audience as Buyouts and overlaps directly on secondaries news, research, and investor-intentions coverage that Buyouts also produces.
• PERE (Private Equity Real Estate): Sister PEI Group title covering private equity real estate. While the asset class differs, PERE targets the same institutional LP readership (pension funds, sovereign wealth, endowments) and competes for the same alternative-assets subscription wallet as Buyouts.
• Private Debt Investor: Sister PEI Group publication covering the private debt and direct lending market. Targets overlapping institutional LP readers and competes for the same alternative-asset intelligence budget, particularly with LPs building private credit allocations alongside mid-market PE.
• PitchBook: PitchBook provides private market data and research spanning PE, VC, and M&A, with deep fund, deal, and investor coverage. It overlaps with Buyouts on US mid-market fund/GP intelligence and is increasingly used by the same LP and emerging-manager audience for benchmarking and deal sourcing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Buyouts
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/buyouts

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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