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Private Fund Performance and Benchmarking

We track performance on over 14,000+ funds across

Private Equity, Private Credit, Real Estate and Real Assets

 

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A Clear View of Private Fund Performance

Investment performance only makes sense when you compare it to the right peers.

Dakota gives you performance data on more than 14,000 private funds across private equity, venture capital, private credit, real estate, real assets, and hedge funds—so you can compare your fund to others that invest the same way you do.

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Build Your True Peer Group

Every strategy is different. That’s why Dakota allows you to create custom benchmarks based on the criteria that matter most to you. Segment by vintage year, geography, asset class, sector, industry, property type and more. 


Private Equity

Small, Middle, and Large Market Buyout

Private Credit

Direct Lending, Mezzanine, Opportunistic

Venture Capital

Early, Growth, Multi-stage

Private Real Estate

Core, Core+, Value-Add, Opportunistic, Credit

Real Assets

Infrastructure, Energy, Natural Resources

Whether you’re an LP evaluating commitments against peers, or a GP positioning performance within a competitive set, Dakota Performance and Benchmarks delivers the transparency and context required to inform allocation, diligence, and fundraising discussions in a historically opaque asset class.

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Designed for Investment Teams and Sales Professionals

For Investment Teams

  • See how your fund performs versus similar funds
  • Understand where you’re outperforming or underperforming
  • Support investment committee discussions and LP reporting with clear data

For Sales and IR Teams

  • Show performance in a way LPs understand and trust
  • Answer investor questions quickly with relevant comparisons
  • Explain performance more clearly and confidently
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Delivery Where You Need It

Dakota Performance and Benchmarks is built to integrate seamlessly into the workflows of LPs, GPs, and advisors:

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Access benchmarks in the same platform you use for deal sourcing, manager targeting, and company intelligence.

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Connect directly to the source of truth, enabling custom analysis, portfolio monitoring, and reporting at scale.

Clearer Benchmarks. Better Conversations.

Broad benchmarks hide important differences. Custom benchmarks show the full picture. By comparing performance to the peer group LPs actually care about, Dakota helps you:

 

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Identify top-performing GPs by vintage, strategy, and market segment.

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Understand the transactions and portfolio companies driving returns.

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Connect fund performance to the real economy, providing context behind value creation and cycle dynamics.

Experience the Next Generation of Private Market Benchmarking

Equip yourself to make smarter allocation, fundraising, and advisory decisions with the only private fund benchmarking database designed for the speed, transparency, and complexity of today’s private markets.

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