Private Equity Exit Readiness Study
Private equity firms manage 32,000 portfolio companies worldwide, facing challenging externalities that make valuation and exit routes less predictable.
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Private equity firms manage 32,000 portfolio companies worldwide, facing challenging externalities that make valuation and exit routes less predictable.
AI usage generates an average 28% productivity improvement, with Claude identified as the most used tool by 57% of respondents.
Total venture capital investment volume in Swedish portfolio companies rebounded in 2024 to SEK 6.9 billion from SEK 4.4 billion in 2023.
In Q4 2025, $91.6 billion was deployed across an estimated 4,482 VC deals in the US market.
In the second half of 2025, the Italian private equity market recorded a total of 322 investments and 26 divestments.
India PE-VC investments declined approximately 17% year over year to about $36 billion in 2025, while VC investments grew roughly 18% to $16 billion.
India’s venture capital (VC)/growth equity market reached approximately $16 billion in 2025, logging its second consecutive year of growth.
In May 2026, geothermal innovator Fervo Energy completed an initial public offering on Nasdaq, raising $2.2 billion.
Venture capital investment in Swiss start-ups increased by 23.9% in 2025 to a total of CHF 2.95 billion.
Private equity investments in Québec reached a record $32.2 billion across 357 transactions in 2025.
Artificial intelligence captured 65.4 percent of all deal value, driven by 487 mega-deals of $100 million or more that accounted for 67 percent of total value.
Funding was evenly distributed across development stages, with €726 million invested in startups (Series A/B) and €714 million in scale-ups (Series C+).
Funding across stages in Germany was evenly split, with the start-up segment raising EUR 726 million and the scale-up segment raising EUR 714 million.
In YTD 2026, U.S. seed capital invested reached $19B across a projected 4,724E deal count, with a median seed deal size of $3.0M.
In 2025, the overall early-stage ecosystem in Italy monitored a total of 419 investments compared to 406 operations in 2024.
Irish AI companies raised €256 million across 75 deals YTD in 2026, following a record €691.3 million raised across 107 deals in 2025.
SWIB invests Wisconsin Retirement System Core Fund assets across both public and private market investments.
US venture capital deal value reached $515.8 billion across an estimated 14,199 deals through the first three quarters of 2026.
Private equity investments in Sweden reached SEK 133bn across 457 companies in 2025.
The Venture Capital and Private Equity sector in Spain manages a portfolio of over 2,500 companies, representing 6.27% of Spain's GDP.
The survey collected responses from 80 employees across at least 30 private equity firms in Finland.
Private markets actors support over 11,000 companies, including 8,400 in France representing 2.5 million jobs, with annual investments exceeding •50 billion.
SECA represents over 550 members across investment companies, banks, corporate finance advisors, lawyers, and private investors in Switzerland.
Total venture capital invested in Swiss start-ups increased by 23.9% in 2025 to CHF 2.95 billion.
The report presents findings from 307 family offices across more than 30 markets worldwide, with an average net worth of USD 2.7 billion.
Private equity and venture capital backed companies employed 151,390 people in Norway in 2024.
Total global fintech investment increased from $95.5 billion in 2024 to $116 billion in 2025, ending three consecutive years of decline.
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.
KKR forecasts US real GDP growth of 2.3% for 2026e with inflation at 3.5% and a 10-year government bond yield ending at 5.1%.
Academic research by Signori and Vismara (2016) estimates the annual return on equity crowdfunding investments at approximately 9%.