H1 2024 European Private Equity Activity
Preliminary European private equity fundraising reached €58.5bn in H1 2024, a 16% increase compared to H1 2023 figures.
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Preliminary European private equity fundraising reached €58.5bn in H1 2024, a 16% increase compared to H1 2023 figures.
The exit environment was identified by 21% of respondents as the single most critical challenge facing their venture capital business in 2024.
Biotech attracted the highest amount of capital among all sectors at CHF 405.3 million, representing a 44% increase in invested capital.
Total incremental fundraising in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) was €818 million in 2023, a 53% decrease from 2022.
Total fundraising in Europe during 2023 reached €132.9bn, representing a 3% decline from the previous five-year average, with 744 funds raising capital.
reached 483 companies by the close of 2023, reflecting a yearly growth of eleven percent, while Liechtenstein hosted 22 FinTech companies.
CEE fundraising rebounded strongly in 2024, reaching €1.42 billion, representing a 66% increase from 2023.
A new record of 397 financing rounds was set for Swiss start-ups in 2023.
Total fundraising in Europe reached €120bn during 2024, representing a 12% decrease from the previous year.
Preliminary H1 2023 fundraising figures for Europe reached €32.9bn, marking a 60% drop compared to the revised H1 2022 figure.
Pessimistic perception of the current fundraising environment was shared by 70% of VC respondents in 2023.
In March 2023, the European Commission committed to reducing reporting requirements by 25% to reduce red tape and strengthen European competitiveness.
Preliminary H1 2022 fundraising figures for Europe reached €64.5bn, close to the H1 2021 record figure of €66.0bn.
The 2022 wave of the survey gathered anonymised responses from 443 venture capital fund managers across 362 VC firms.
In the first half of 2022, total invested capital in Swiss start-up financing rose to almost CHF 2.6 billion across more than 160 financing rounds.
ICT/Fintech investment more than doubled to achieve a record volume of over CHF 1.5 billion.
Investments in Swiss start-ups recorded an increase of 44 % in invested capital, reaching 3059 CHF m in 2021.
Swiss venture capital investment experienced a 7% decrease overall.
Investment in Swiss start-ups reached CHF 1.7 billion across 124 financing rounds in the first half of 2021.
During the first half of 2020, CHF 763 million was invested into Swiss start-ups across 105 financing rounds.
In 2019, almost CHF 2.3 billion was invested in 266 Swiss start-ups, representing an 85.5% increase compared with the previous year.
Swiss startups raised CHF 1236 million in funding in 2018.
In 2018, nearly CHF 1.24 billion in venture capital was invested in Swiss start-ups, representing an increase of 31.8% on the previous year.
Six out of ten respondents used the mobile payment service Swish during the past month in 2018, compared to around 10 per cent in 2014.
In 2017, Swiss startups received total venture capital funding of CHF 938 million.
Venture capital investment in Swiss start-ups reached a peak of CHF 676 million across 120 financing rounds in 2015.
In 2014, Swiss start-ups collected CHF 457 million in 92 financing rounds, representing an increase of about 10 % on the previous year.
Swiss start-ups received a total of CHF415.3 million across 90 venture capital financing rounds in 2013.