Launch catalog / Playbook
PitchBook
Conditional free route profile
Researched from public pages — no submission was run · sources read 2026-09-26. Rules change — recheck the platform's own pages before submitting.
What the free route requires
- Updating/correcting your firm's profile is explicitly free ('updating your firm's profile is free, and can be done at any time') — but a profile only exists if PitchBook's research process already tracks the entity (companies, investors, deals within their scope)
- Getting a NEW profile created requires the 'Request Research' tool inside the platform or the public request flow — no self-serve directory submission
- The catalog's stored URL (/sponsorship) is the advertising product, unrelated to profile presence
Requirements
- Entity must be within PitchBook's tracking scope (private companies, investors, deals — a bootstrapped SaaS may not qualify until it raises funding or hits notability)
- For existing profiles: 'Update this profile' button on the Public Profile Preview (verification required) or the in-platform Profile Update Tool
- For missing entities: 'Request Research' (in-platform) asks the Data Operations team to research and add it
- Corrections to existing data use the 'Data Feedback' button on the profile page
- [email protected] is the published direct-assist email
Prepare before opening the form
- Check whether a Public Profile Preview already exists for the company at pitchbook.com/profiles
- Firm facts to submit: funding rounds, investors, employees, office locations, website, description — with supporting files (financials/quarterly reports welcome)
- If no profile exists: assemble evidence of funding/deal activity — PitchBook profiles are research-driven, not self-published
Workflow
- Search the company on PitchBook's public profile previews
- If a preview exists: click 'Update this profile', complete verification, submit updates via the Profile Update Tool
- If no preview: use 'Request Research' (or pitchbook.com/request-your-pitchbook-profile) to ask Data Operations to create the profile
- Provide supporting documentation; Data Operations reviews and applies changes
- Track submission status in the profile dashboard (Profile Completion Score)
Watch for
- Not a launch directory — PitchBook is a paid data platform; a profile is created/maintained by their research team, not by submission
- Data sourced from reliable public sources generally won't be removed at your request
- Full profile access is subscriber-only — the free tier is just updating your own data
- Sponsorship/advertising pages (the catalog's stored URL) are a separate paid product
What counts as live
The company has a PitchBook profile (public preview visible at pitchbook.com/profiles/<company>)
Not verified
- Minimum tracking-scope criteria for a pre-revenue SaaS to get a new profile
- Turnaround on Request Research submissions
Sources
- PitchBook research-process FAQs — profile updates are free; Public Profile Preview 'Update this profile' button; [email protected] (content read via search result) ↗
- 'Request Research' tool adds new entities/deals; 'Data Feedback' tool corrects existing profiles — both go to the Data Operations team (content read via search result) ↗
- Request Your PitchBook Profile — claim/update flow to showcase activity to platform subscribers (content read via search result) ↗
- Profile Update Tool — secure external platform for firm data + supporting files; reviewed by Data Operations (content read via search result) ↗