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60% %

US Post-period AI share of VC volume. OpenAlex (recherche mondiale) p.1

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682 GPs

Fund managers surveyed. Invest Europe p.2

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538

Participating Fund Managers. European Investment Fund p.2

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1,201

Participating VC and PE mid-market fund managers. Invest Europe p.2

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-65%

Current exit environment net sentiment. Invest Europe p.8

Research paperOpenAlex (recherche mondiale)November 202621 pages

In the Post-period, AI accounts for around 60% of VC investment volume in the US, compared to roughly 31% in Europe.

SurveyInvest EuropeOctober 202611 pages

The EIF Equity Survey Q3 2026 collected market insights from 682 VC and PE mid-market fund managers across Europe.

Around 70% of respondents reported that the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East negatively affected their business during Q2.

SurveyInvest EuropeJanuary 202513 pages

A total of 1,201 VC and PE mid-market fund managers contributed their insights to the annual EIF Equity Survey 2025.

Swiss VC funds allocate an average of 30% of invested capital and 50% of their total number of investments to Swiss start-ups.

SurveyInvest EuropeOctober 202421 pages

The exit environment was identified by 21% of respondents as the single most critical challenge facing their venture capital business in 2024.

SurveyInvest EuropeOctober 202373 pages

Pessimistic perception of the current fundraising environment was shared by 70% of VC respondents in 2023.

SurveyInvest EuropeOctober 202280 pages

The 2022 wave of the survey gathered anonymised responses from 443 venture capital fund managers across 362 VC firms.