Private Market Intelligence
Introducing Lincoln Lens, a comprehensive client portal bringing valuation insights, private market intelligence and collaboration together in one place, built on thousands of independent valuations performed each quarter by Lincoln's Valuations & Opinions Group.
What is Lincoln Lens?
Lincoln Lens is designed to help valuation, investor relations and investment professionals move faster, operate smarter and stay ahead of the market.
The data behind Lincoln Lens is sourced and maintained by Lincoln’s Valuations & Opinions Group, a leading independent provider of valuations and fairness opinions. Since 2011, the group has been building one of the most robust private capital markets datasets, powered by delivering thousands of valuations each quarter across private credit, private equity, asset-backed finance, structured finance, private investment grade, energy and infrastructure. This proprietary data, together with Lincoln’s cloud-based valuation technology, powers Lincoln Lens—bringing greater speed, scale and transparency to the valuation process.
Three Main Functionalities
Valuation Transparency
Real-time visibility into key valuation inputs and outcomes, giving you the tools needed to support discussions with auditors, boards, LPs and other valuation stakeholders
Benchmarking & Portfolio Insights
Benchmark your portfolio against Lincoln’s proprietary private market data, covering thousands of transactions and companies, to drive actionable portfolio-level analytics
Workflow & Collaboration
One secure hub for valuation results, project status visibility and communication to accelerate, scale and streamline your engagement
Built on Proprietary Data
of all U.S. private equity-backed companies valued
portfolio company valuations performed each year
asset-backed finance investments tracked
building one of the most robust private capital datasets
Lincoln Lens Overview
Transaction Activity
New transaction observations from Lincoln’s ongoing valuation work, including transaction multiples, average LTV and the distribution of transactions by deal type
Company Fundamentals & Debt Pricing
Aggregated statistics on private company fundamental performance, including revenue and EBITDA trends, plus debt pricing across the capital structure, refreshed through thousands of quarterly valuations
Private Market Trends & Indices
Private capital market trends and access to proprietary indices, such as the Lincoln Private Market Index, and analyses, including coverage ratios, default rates, amendment activity and more
How Lincoln Lens Compares
| Lincoln Lens | Conventional Market Data | |
|---|---|---|
| Data source | Independently prepared and vetted by Lincoln’s Valuations & Opinions Group, updated each quarter | GP-submitted figures, aggregated public data or modeled estimates |
| Coverage | Private credit, private equity, asset-backed finance, structured finance, private investment grade, energy and infrastructure | Often a single asset class |
| Level of detail | Asset- and valuation-level | Fund- or index-level |
| How you access it | Built into your valuation engagement | A separate data subscription |
| Beyond the data | Workflow, collaboration and project tracking | A data feed |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Lincoln Lens?
A comprehensive client portal that brings valuation insights, private market intelligence and collaboration together in one place
Who is Lincoln Lens for?
Valuation, investor relations and investment professionals across GPs, LPs and boards
What data does Lincoln Lens provide?
Proprietary private market data drawn from Lincoln’s own valuation work across equity, private credit, asset-backed finance and infrastructure, covering thousands of transactions and companies
How is Lincoln Lens different from other private market data sources?
Lincoln Lens is built on Lincoln’s own valuations rather than aggregated public data or modeled estimates. It spans the full capital structure instead of a single asset class, and it is integrated directly into your valuation engagement
How often is the data updated?
Lincoln performs thousands of valuations each quarter, and those results flow through Lincoln Lens on a daily, weekly and monthly basis as they are completed. We also provide bi-weekly updated spread data, giving you a real-time pulse on performance, valuations and private market activity.
How do I get access to Lincoln Lens?
Lincoln Lens is available to clients of Lincoln International’s valuation practice, request access to learn more
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