Who we are | Preqin

Our history

Preqin was founded in 2003 and has since grown into a leading provider of financial data and information for the alternative assets industry. Clients rely on Preqin's extensive database to perform due diligence, benchmark performance, conduct market research, and identify investment opportunities.

Our products and people are frequently recognized for industry awards. Notably, we were honored in 2024 with a King’s Award for the ‘Enterprise in the International Trade’ category – the most prestigious award granted to a UK business.

Today, private markets represent the fastest growing segment of asset management, with alternative assets expected to reach nearly $30 trillion by the end of the decade – which has meant an even greater need for standardized data, benchmarks, and analytics in the industry. This insight led to BlackRock (a client of Preqin) acquiring the company in 2025 – in turn empowering the delivery of integrated investment, technology, and data solutions across private and public markets to serve clients’ whole portfolios.

Here's why we're different

We’ve pioneered rigorous methods of collecting private data for almost 20 years, with an unwavering focus on alternative assets management.

But we’re more than just comprehensive data.

We built a revolutionary analytics platform that provides our clients with cutting-edge workflow tools and insights. We also have a dedicated client services team that works around the clock as an extension of our clients’ in-house research and data teams.

With Preqin, more than 200,000 global professionals are streamlining how they raise capital, source deals and investments, understand performance, and stay informed.

Our products

Data

Access the industry’s most comprehensive alternative assets data.

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Platform

Access data anytime, anywhere. Choose from our platform, mobile app, feeds, and through partner integrations.

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Insights

The latest data-led research, trends, and events in the alternative assets industry.

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"We chose Preqin for its comprehensive coverage, strong analytical tools, and research on the alternative assets industry."

Estelle Huang, Senior Director – Investor Relations at Lakeshore Capital

Asset classes

We believe that improving the flow of information is critical to our industry, a value we share with our customers and partners. Together, we’re building a more transparent ecosystem across alternative assets. That’s why we’re committed to providing unsurpassed coverage in private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, private debt, real estate, infrastructure, natural resources, and secondaries.