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The Private Company Market is Massive

• There are over 150,000 firms operating in the United

States that bring in over $10 million in annual revenues,

yet business databases focus almost exclusively on the
same 15,000 publicly-traded companies.

• PrivCo is dedicated to producing intelligent, in-depth

business and financial research on the other 90% of major

American business.
Our Market: Over 90% of Large Corporations Are Private

U.S. Firms with >$10M in Annual Revenues

Selected slice of private corporations:
More Private Companies… We Could Go on Forever
24 Hour Fitness USA E&J Gallo Winery Kohler Schlotzky’s
Amway Eddie Bauer LL Bean Scottrade
Bass Pro Shops Edward D. Jones Lord & Taylor Shoprite
Bird’s Eye Foods El Pollo Loco Los Angeles Lakers Skype
Bobbie Brown Cosmetics Ernst & Young LLP Lucasfilm Ltd. Sports Authority
Boston Red Sox Fidelity Investments Modell’s The Container Store
Busch Gardens Foster Farms Neiman Marcus The Franklin Mint
Caesars Entertainment Gibson Guitar Corporation New Balance The Go Daddy Group
Cargill Inc. Goya Foods, Inc. Old Country Buffet Topps Sports Cards
Carl’s Jr. Gymboree Corporation Piggly Wiggly United Artists Theatres
Carvel Hardee’s PriceWaterhouseCoopers UNO Restaurants
Chicago Cubs Harpo (OWN Network) Publix Supermarkets Valentino
Coldwell Banker Hawker Beechcraft Reader’s Digest Wawa
Columbia House Hooters Ritz Camera Centers Wegman’s Food Markets
Dallas Cowboys In-N-Out Burgers Roundy’s Supermarkets Yelp
Users Are Constantly Asking for and Demanding Private
Company Financial Information

• Question on Answers.com:

“Which are the fastest growing US private companies that are under the
radar? Looking for companies in Software, Technology, Internet, and Media.”

• Best Answer - Chosen by Voters:

“Nobody knows. That's why they are private. Unless you have access to
their financials and their competitors financials, there is really no solid
way to tell and compare to.”
A Central Source of Private Company Financial
Information is badly needed

Take if from The Library of Congress itself:

“PRIVATE COMPANY RESEARCH: There are many difficulties in

searching for private company information. Consequently,
researching private companies often requires considerable
creativity…Unlike public companies, private companies are not
required to file with the SEC so the information that can be found in
those documents is not necessarily available for companies that are
private.”
- Library of Congress, Company Research Guide: Private Companies (2011)
…And from countless other University Libraries:

“Since private companies aren’t required to publish as much data as public companies,
you probably won’t be able to find out as much about them…the results will be
meager.”
-Harvard Business School, Baker Library Website - 2011

“All 50 states make some level of private business incorporation information available
online. In many instances only limited information (such as name availability) is
retrievable.”
-Duke University Business School Library Website - 2011

“Private companies don’t have annual reports and their financial information is not
available.”
-Chico State Univ. Library Website: Researching Private Companies – 2011
PrivCo Solves This Problem

• PrivCo is the first and only provider of financial and

business data on major private companies.
• PrivCo provides detailed financial and business
data on over 20,000 major private companies in a
single searchable source.
• Data on private-company investors, M&A
deals, and more as well.
• PrivCo is like a Bloomberg for major private
companies.
The PrivCo Product: Detailed Private Company Financials

• For every private company in our database, PrivCo provides accurate

annual revenues, 1 and 3 year revenue growth rates, M&A history, venture
capital raised, any private equity/LBO activity, owners and ownership
structure, internal org charts , whether independent or institutionally backed,
and more.

• For the most important private companies we even provide in-depth 25

to 100 page PrivCo Private Company Financial Research Reports with data
from funding rounds valuations, complete M&A deal histories, any IPO
attempts and withdrawals, to patents filed, internal memos, and more

• Private Deal Comparables: The major private company M&A deal

universe, from little-reported emerging and middle-market private company
mergers and acquisitions to private company LBOs and failed IPO attempts
Financial Professionals require information on private companies

• Private Company Valuation

Whether for tax purposes, FASB accounting requirements, preparation of a
Fairness Opinion, or valuing a company for sale, private company financials and private
company M&A transaction data is crucial
• Market Research, Consulting Assignments and Competitive Analysis
Market research, benchmarking studies, and competitive analyses need to include
large private companies for a complete picture of the industry and competitors

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Deal Sourcing

Save countless time and money by streamlining VC and Private Equity deal-sourcing,
rapidly compiling targets based on micro-sector, location, revenue size, revenue growth,
and even key triggering events such as CEO change or Generational change

• Investment Banking M&A Engagements, Pitchbooks, and Deal Comps

Quickly and efficiently sift the most likely M&A buyers and IPO candidates based on
recent private company M&A deal activity in the sector, deal size, and private company
target size and growth rates
The PrivCo Data Platform
Private Company, Investor,
& Deal Advisor Search
Detailed Knowledge Bank:
Terms, Definitions, &
Educational Materials

Advanced Search:
Private Companies,
Investors, Deals

Venture Capital,
Private Equity, &
M&A Deals
PrivCo Is Private Company Financial Intelligence
Proprietary PrivCo Private Co. Ticker Symbol

View related M&A Deals and Venture Capital

Fundings in the same industry

Company Overview: Year Founded, Address,

Website, Fiscal Year end, DBA/Brands

Company Business Description Summary

Click into PrivCo’s proprietary PrivCo Industry

Classification System (PICS) Codes to view
more private companies in that industry

Click on Competitors, Public Comparables, &

Private Comparables to view related business
and financial reports and view of the industry

Detailed Private Company Ownership

breakdowns and links to profiles of investors
that back each private firm
Click Into Our Tables To Dig Even Deeper
Detailed Funding Activity with Funding Round
breakdowns, deal terms, and analysis.

Detailed M&A data with FULL deal reports for

each deal with multiples, advisors, and more

Annual Revenues, Employee Counts, Productivity

Charts, and other Financials & Statistics

Public / Private History tables that map out go

private and go public activity like Leveraged
Buyouts and IPO attempts.

Bankruptcy & Restructuring tables with detailed

notes and filing-accurate information
 PRIVCO DATA IS ACCURATE AND RELIABLE:
Our Proprietary Technology + Human Expertise = PrivCo Data
PrivCo Enhances Your Current Resources

• PrivCo only covers major private companies (not stocks

coverage) – tens of thousands of additional & important
companies for your firm’s professionals

• Your current data providers like Bloomberg, Reuters,

Capital IQ, FactSet and Dow Jones provide only or virtually only
public stock coverage (publicly-traded companies)

• PrivCo is supplementing, not replacing your firm’s existing

financial research resources by providing something new,
different and badly-needed (private company financial data
and deals coverage)
Unlimited-Use Subscription Model

• PrivCo data is available to corporate clients through a flat

annual rate: an easy all-you-can-eat model

• Firm-Wide Access: All your firm’s professionals and research

staff will have full access to PrivCo data (no “number of seats”
limitations”)

• Low annual rate is based on firm size

• PrivCo is affordable, at just dollars per employee per year

PrivCo costs less than 1/10th of major stock-research

databases such as Bloomberg, CapitalIQ and FactSet
PrivCo is led by a pioneer in internet research

• PrivCo’s Founder and CEO, Sam Hamadeh, is an online information expert;

he founded market leading online job and career information leader
Vault.com

• Hamadeh has raised several rounds of VC funding, and later sold Vault to a
private equity firm after an M&A process, so he understands first-hand how
critical private company financials, valuations and deal comps are

• Our Founder holds an MBA in Finance from Wharton and a JD from the
University of Pennsylvania Law School

• Our Founder has been recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in

America; to name just a few honors:
•Crain’s NY Entrepreneur of the Year
•Silicon Alley Reporter’s 100 Top Internet Executives
•Deloitte Fast 500 Fastest Growing Technology Companies
•Harvard Business School Club of NY Entrepreneur of the Year
•Currently serves as Wharton’s official Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Next Steps

We invite you to subscribe, or schedule a live demo of our

product.

Please contact Sam Hamadeh, your PrivCo contact, for a

live demo, or purchase a subscription to PrivCo for your
firm:
Sam Hamadeh, J.D./M.B.A.
Phone: 917-701-1887
Email: sam@privco.com