According to PitchBook, a US-based market research firm that deals in collecting private equity and capital markets’ data, after having gone through a strong Quarter 1 registering 3,000+ deals, the related volume in the U.S. decreased significantly in Quarter 2, with 538 middle-market deals in April, & 390 in May. These are the circumstances of the middle-market U.S private equity firms, however, across the globe, the patterns registered, are similar.