A solid start in the middle market

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PitchBook’s latest US Middle Market Report shows a strong start to 2021, with the second highest quarterly totals in terms of value. An estimated $119.5 billion was invested in middle market companies in Q1. Combined with the record $160 billion from Q4, almost $280 billion was invested in the middle market over those six months. For context, those two quarters outpaced the majority of annual totals, as recently as 2016 ($274.2 billion). On the volume side, another 776 deals were struck in Q1, coming off a record 1,143 transactions in Q4 2020.

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