The Insight: State of the European Private Equity Industry 2023
Invest Europe's preliminary data shows European private equity funds raised €33 billion in the first half of 2023, representing a 63% decline compared to the prior six months.
Startup funding Reports & Market Data (2026)
99 documents
State of European Tech 2023
European tech ecosystem value bounced back to $3 trillion, recovering the $400 billion that was wiped out in 2022.
The ESG Status of Swedish Private Equity 2023
Mean FTE employment growth among SVCA member portfolio companies reached 21% in 2022, up from 9% in FY 2020.
Euroscape 2023: Generation AI
Tech Titans increased their market cap by 36% over the past year, adding $2.4T in value.
Private Equity, Venture Capital at Work in Belgium
Private equity and venture capital backed companies employed 236,960 people in Belgium in 2021, representing 5% of the country's total 4.8 million workforce.
Venture Capital & Private Equity Report
Private capital in Spain invested an all-time record total volume of €9,238 million across 960 operations in 2022.
Estudio del ecosistema de inversión de impacto en España
Total impact investment assets under management (AUM) in Spain reached €2,398.6 million at year-end 2021.
Private Equity and Job Creation
Private capital entities managed €43.629 million across 3.012 Spanish portfolio companies in 2021.
The Economic Footprint of Swedish Venture Capital and Private Equity
Total private equity investments permanently increase Swedish GDP by 3.5%-4.7%.
SECA Yearbook 2022
European private equity deal activity reached more than EUR 754 billion in 2021, moving well above trend growth.
Euroscape 2022: Reset
Software and cloud giants with valuations above $100B lost approximately ~35% of their market capitalization.
Venture Capital & Private Equity in Spain: Activity Report 2022
In 2021, Private Equity and Venture Capital in Spain invested a total volume of €7.572,7M across a record 933 investments.
EIF Venture Capital Survey 2021: Market sentiment
The 2021 EIF VC Survey captured responses from 479 VC fund managers representing 379 VC firms across Europe.
Effects of Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds in Austria
In Vienna, 44 financing rounds were completed in 2021 (as of July 22), with investment volume increasing from €121 million in the previous year to €464 million.
Effects of Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds in Austria
Venture capital investments in Austria represent 0.02% of GDP, compared to 0.12% in Estonia and 0.633% in the USA.
SECA Yearbook 2021
Global private equity dealmaking recovered in the second half of 2020 to reach approximately USD 600 billion for the year.
IPEM Pan-European Private Equity Survey 2021
A negative impact from COVID-19 on portfolio companies was reported by 51% of private equity respondents, whereas 27% observed a positive impact.
Euroscape 2021: On the Path to Global Dominance?
Microsoft represents c. 55% of total market value among software and cloud companies above $100bn in market cap.
The VC Factor - Pandemic Edition
European VC delivered EUR 12bn in new investment volumes in 2020, representing 7% growth over the previous year.
Europe’s Private Equity Industry During COVID-19 and Beyond
Fundraising in H1 2020 reached €49.2 billion, representing a 4 percent decline compared to 2019.
Private Equity at Work: Employment & job creation across Europe
Private equity backed portfolio companies created 173,124 net jobs in 2018, achieving an employment growth rate of 5.5%.
Reform Proposals for Capital Supply to Swedish Companies and Startups
According to Copenhagen Economics analysis, Swedish GDP is currently 0.8% higher than it would otherwise be due to venture capital.
SECA Yearbook 2020
Total assets under management invested globally in private markets ballooned to an all-time high of US $6.5 trillion.
Euroscape 2020: Decacorn Unleashed
Venture capital investment in private cloud companies in Europe and Israel reached $9-9.5bn YTD 2020, up from $7-7.5bn in 2019 YTD.
Swedish Venture Landscape 2020
The Swedish venture capital market represents 35% of total Nordic exit value and over SEK 35 billion in assets under management.
Euroscape 2019: The Rise of Europe
Accel has invested $3.8bn across 225 SaaS companies globally.
SECA Yearbook 2019
The estimated $757 billion fresh commitment flows to private capital worldwide in 2018 stands 18% below 2017's record fund raising of $925 billion.
The VC Factor: Data-driven Insights About VC-backed Start-ups in Europe
From 2007 to 2015, investors poured around €35 billion into early and later-stage start-ups located in the 28 EU countries.
The Role of Venture Capital for Economic Growth in the Nordic Region
Venture capital (VC) funds invest in only around 0.2% of new U.S. businesses, yet 43% of U.S. public listed companies founded between 1979 and 2013 were VC-backed.
The Effects of Introducing an Exit Tax in Sweden
The long-term annual tax revenue expected from the proposal is overestimated by approximately SEK 160 million because it relies on a period of unusually high equity returns.