Cobalt, a FactSet company

05/24/2022

Real-time dashboards are essential to private market investing. Cobalt dashboards automatically update and aggregate the latest portfolio company data, and can be personalized for a user or team to highlight contribution to the company’s bottom line. Read our latest white paper to learn how to build the best dashboards for your firms unique needs.

Download the whitepaper on the five dashboards that every PE/VC firm should have for each of its portfolio companies.

05/04/2022

May's Chart of the Month uses Cobalt Market Data to examine the total private equity cash flows from 2010-2021 in Central and Eastern Europe, given that it is often under-explored compared to the Western European markets. Read more of the analysis here:

We used Cobalt Market Data to analyze the total cash flows from 2010-2021 in Central/Eastern Europe as it is often an underexplored region compared to the Western European markets.

05/03/2022

We're excited to work with the team at Patron Capital to enhance their portfolio company data collection process and streamline performance reporting. Read more about how the pan-European investor will leverage Cobalt's Portfolio Monitoring platform here:

Patron Capital will use Cobalt's platform to enhance its portfolio company data collection process and streamline performance reporting.

04/06/2022

We're thrilled to work with the team at Forgepoint Capital to help centralize their portfolio company data collection and automate performance reporting. Read more about their innovative VC firm and how they will leverage Cobalt's Portfolio Monitoring platform here:

Forgepoint Capital will use Cobalt's platform to centralize portfolio company data collection and automate performance reporting.

04/05/2022

April's Chart of the Month uses Cobalt Market Data to analyze the rate of contributions to credit funds in the wake of the European debt crisis to see how investor sentiment reacts to instability in European markets. Read more of the analysis here: https://hubs.la/Q017qty30

04/01/2022

Last week, we hosted a webcast with our partners at Alvarez & Marsal on the importance of quality portfolio company data and how it can be translated into meaningful business intelligence. Listen to the webcast on-demand to hear industry insight on the leading technology solutions that help private market firms drive performance:
https://hubs.la/Q017d1q40

03/22/2022

Today is the last day to register for our webinar with Alvarez & Marsal! Tune in to learn about the different options your firm has for collecting quality portfolio company data and translating it into meaningful business intelligence. RSVP here:

Please join Cobalt, a FactSet Company and Alvarez & Marsal on Wednesday, March 23rd at 11:00am ET for the webinar, “Value In, Value Out: Business Intelligence Starts with Quality Portfolio Company Data”.

03/09/2022

We are excited to partner with Alvarez & Marsal to host a webinar featuring industry insight on how private market firms can effectively collect portfolio company data and translate it into meaningful business. Register today to secure your spot:
https://hubs.la/Q015n17b0

03/04/2022

March's Chart of the Month takes a look at infrastructure funds by IRR from the past 10 years across North America, Western Europe, and Emerging Asia to understand how the investing landscape may be different across regions. Read more of the analysis here:

This month's chart uses Cobalt Market Data to analyze infrastructure funds from the past 10 years across North America, Western Europe, and Emerging Asia by IRR.

02/01/2022

February's Chart of the Month evaluates the factor of fund sizes, by style, and the effects it's had on recent performance returns in large markets. To visualize the impact, we used Cobalt Market Data to pull two charts: the first examining smaller funds with size under $1 billion, and the second looking at larger funds with size over $5 billion. Read more of the analysis here: https://hubs.la/Q013fC290

01/13/2022

We are thrilled to partner with the team at Torch Capital to streamline their portfolio data collection process and enhance their reporting capabilities with Cobalt's Portfolio Monitoring Platform. "With Cobalt, we can standardize portfolio data, better identify trends, and create a single access point for professionals across our organization.” - Jonathan Keidan, Founder and Managing Partner at Torch Capital

Torch Capital will use Cobalt's platform to streamline their portfolio data collection process and enhance reporting capabilities.

01/10/2022

New Year, New Trends: This month's chart uses Cobalt Market Data to identify the deviations between NAV and dry powder in the private markets since 1995, and the similar growth trajectory and alignment trends we can expect in the next 1-2 years. Read more here:

This month's chart analyzes the trends and momentum of dry powder vs. NAV deviation from the past 25 years.