H1 2026 European Private Equity Activity
Preliminary fundraising figures for European PE/VC funds in H1 2026 reached €67.6bn, representing a 6% increase from the revised H1 2025 figure of €63.8bn.
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265 billion €
European infrastructure capital raised (2020 – H1 2025). SECA (Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association) p.57
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64 billion kroner
Total committed capital raised in 2025. NVCA Norway (Norsk Venturekapitalforening) p.26
Private Markets - Focus Infrastructure
SECA represents the Swiss private equity, venture capital, and corporate finance industries with a base of more than 550 members.
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.
2025 Central and Eastern Europe Private Equity Statistics
Total incremental fundraising in CEE reached €1.87 billion in 2025, representing a 3% decrease from 2024 but remaining 21% above the previous five-year average.
Activity Report 2025: Investments and Fundraising in Venture and Private Equity
Norwegian early-stage companies raised about €170 million in 2025, lagging behind Sweden at €1.2 billion and Denmark at €530 million.
Private Equity, Venture Capital at Work in Norway
Private equity and venture capital backed companies employed 151,390 people in Norway in 2024.
Venture Capital Statistics 2024
Total venture capital investment volume in Swedish portfolio companies rebounded in 2024 to SEK 6.9 billion from SEK 4.4 billion in 2023.
SECA Yearbook 2026
Total venture capital invested in Swiss start-ups increased by 23.9% in 2025 to CHF 2.95 billion.
Private Equity, Venture Capital at Work in Sweden 2026
Private equity and venture capital backed companies supported 327,067 jobs in Sweden in 2024, representing 6.5% of the total 5 million workforce.
Listed Private Equity Insights: Validating Valuations
As of 29 December 2024, listed private equity firms globally managed €4,140 billion in assets and had a combined market cap of €663 billion.
Building Europe’s Foundations: The Role of Private Capital in Infrastructure
Infrastructure funds raised €265bn in Europe from 2020 to H1 2025, with €41bn raised in H1 2025 alone.
H1 2025 European Private Equity Activity
Preliminary fundraising figures for Europe in H1 2025 reached €54bn, representing a 19% decline from H1 2024.
The Insight: State of the European Private Equity Industry 2025
Capital raised by European PE and VC funds reached €54 billion in the first half of 2025, representing a 20% decline compared to the same period in 2024.
SECA Yearbook 2025
Swiss fund managers oversaw around CHF 360 billion in private market investments by the end of 2024.
Venture Capital Statistics 2023 – Venture Capital
Total VC investments in Swedish portfolio companies dropped sharply in 2023 to SEK 4.4 billion from SEK 9.6 billion in 2022.
Investing in Europe: Private Equity Activity 2025
Total fundraising in Europe reached its second-highest year ever at €147bn during 2025, representing a 16% increase from the previous year.
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.
Private Equity, Venture Capital at Work in Belgium
Private equity and venture capital-backed companies employed 199,383 people in Belgium in 2023.
ESG KPI Report
SpainCap leadership includes Elena Rico as President and José Zudaire as Director General.
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.
VC Survey 2024: Market sentiment
The EIF VC Survey 2024 gathered anonymised responses from 398 VC fund managers operating in Europe.
Listed Private Equity Insights: Validating Valuations 2024
As of 29 December 2023, global assets under management by listed private equity firms and funds totalled €3,369 billion.
2023 Central and Eastern Europe Private Equity Statistics
Total incremental fundraising in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) was €818 million in 2023, a 53% decrease from 2022.
Investing in Europe: Private Equity Activity 2023
Total fundraising in Europe during 2023 reached €132.9bn, representing a 3% decline from the previous five-year average, with 744 funds raising capital.
Private Equity at Work: Employment & job creation across Europe
Private equity-backed European companies employed 10.9 million people in 2022, representing 5% of Europe's total workforce of 236 million.
Investing in Europe: Private Equity Activity 2024
Total fundraising in Europe reached €120bn during 2024, representing a 12% decrease from the previous year.
2024 Central and Eastern Europe Private Equity Statistics
CEE fundraising rebounded strongly in 2024, reaching €1.42 billion, representing a 66% increase from 2023.
State of European Tech 2024
Europe's tech workforce reached 3.5M employees in 2024, expanding at a 24% compounded annual growth rate since 2015.
Private Equity, Venture Capital at Work in Belgium
Private equity and venture capital backed companies accounted for 4% of Belgium's total 4.9 million workforce.
EBAN Statistics Compendium 2024
The visible angel investment market in Europe reached 1,220 Million Euros in 2024, reflecting a -2,8% decrease from 1,255 Million Euros in 2023.
H1 2023 European Private Equity Activity
Preliminary H1 2023 fundraising figures for Europe reached €32.9bn, marking a 60% drop compared to the revised H1 2022 figure.
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.
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.
Private Equity and Job Creation
Private capital entities managed €43.629 million across 3.012 Spanish portfolio companies in 2021.
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.
H1 2022 European Private Equity Activity
Preliminary H1 2022 fundraising figures for Europe reached €64.5bn, close to the H1 2021 record figure of €66.0bn.
The Economic Footprint of Swedish Venture Capital and Private Equity
Total private equity investments permanently increase Swedish GDP by 3.5%-4.7%.
Venture Capital Survey 2022
The 2022 wave of the survey gathered anonymised responses from 443 venture capital fund managers across 362 VC firms.
SECA Yearbook 2022
European private equity deal activity reached more than EUR 754 billion in 2021, moving well above trend growth.
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.
The ESG Status of Swedish Private Equity 2021
SVCA member portfolio companies achieved a mean full-time equivalent (FTE) employment growth of 9% in 2020/2019 compared to 5% for all listed firms on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm.
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%.
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.
Active Owners Create More Jobs
In 2014, total invested equity in Swedish companies reached 8 100 billion SEK, with foreign owners accounting for 50 percent of the total.