Limited Capital? Explaining Transatlantic Divergences in Artificial Intelligence Startup Financing
In the Post-period, AI accounts for around 60% of VC investment volume in the US, compared to roughly 31% in Europe.
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EIF social investment commitment in 2025. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) p.9
Aligning Impact Capital for Social Enterprise Scaling: A Research for the European Impact Investing Ecosystem
Institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance companies represent around 28% of assets under management in European private impact markets.
EIF Equity Survey Q3 2026
The EIF Equity Survey Q3 2026 collected market insights from 682 VC and PE mid-market fund managers across Europe.
As Good as Gold? Benchmarking the Impact of Public Support to Venture Capital
The European Investment Fund covers about 60% of public intervention in the European venture capital market.
EIF Equity Barometer Survey Q2 2026
Around 70% of respondents reported that the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East negatively affected their business during Q2.
The Execution Game: How Europe's Most Well-Funded Climate Founders Were Made
European climate funds raised $61 billion in 2025, nearly double the US total of $37 billion, with Europe's fund close rate holding at 71% versus 35% in the US.
VC/PE Barometer Survey Q4 2025
A total of 787 VC and PE mid-market fund managers contributed their insights to the Q4 2025 barometer survey.
EIF Equity Survey 2025
A total of 1,201 VC and PE mid-market fund managers contributed their insights to the annual EIF Equity Survey 2025.
Swiss Venture Capital Fund Return Study 2025
Swiss VC funds allocate an average of 30% of invested capital and 50% of their total number of investments to Swiss start-ups.
VC Survey 2024
The exit environment was identified by 21% of respondents as the single most critical challenge facing their venture capital business in 2024.
VC Survey 2024: Market sentiment
The EIF VC Survey 2024 gathered anonymised responses from 398 VC fund managers operating in Europe.
Sustainability Regulations and Their Impact on Private Capital in Spain
The CSRD applies to all EU companies meeting two of three criteria on two consecutive balance sheet dates: over 250 employees, total assets exceeding €25 million, or net turnover exceeding €50 million.
EIF VC Survey 2023: Market sentiment, scale-up financing and human capital
Pessimistic perception of the current fundraising environment was shared by 70% of VC respondents in 2023.
The VC Factor: Gender Lens Edition
Combining 2021 and 2022 accounted for one third of all VC volumes invested since 2007.
Venture Capital Survey 2022
The 2022 wave of the survey gathered anonymised responses from 443 venture capital fund managers across 362 VC firms.
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.
The VC Factor - Pandemic Edition
European VC delivered EUR 12bn in new investment volumes in 2020, representing 7% growth over the previous year.
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.