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.
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Microsoft represents c. 55% of total market value among software and cloud companies above $100bn in market cap.
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.
A negative impact from COVID-19 on portfolio companies was reported by 51% of private equity respondents, whereas 27% observed a positive impact.
The loan approval rate stood at 68% in December 2020 (with 42% fully authorized and 26% partially authorized), down from 77% in October 2020 as requests under review rose to 23%.
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.
European ecommerce sales are projected by JP Morgan to reach €940 billion by 2023.
Fundraising in H1 2020 reached €49.2 billion, representing a 4 percent decline compared to 2019.
Worldwide, 78 percent of men have an account, compared to 74 percent of women.
Account ownership in India grew from 35 percent of adults in 2011 to 78 percent in 2021.
Only 41 percent of adults in Sub-Saharan Africa are financially resilient, defined as being able to access 5 percent of GNI per capita within 30 days.
Private equity backed portfolio companies created 173,124 net jobs in 2018, achieving an employment growth rate of 5.5%.
During the first half of 2020, CHF 763 million was invested into Swiss start-ups across 105 financing rounds.
Global fintech investment across M&A, PE, and VC reached $135.7 billion across 2,693 deals in 2019.
European VC-backed companies raised $7.9B across 804 deals in Q4'19.
In 2019, global VC-backed fintech funding reached $34.5B across 1,913 deals, a 15% year-over-year decline largely due to 2018 being inflated by Ant Financial's $14B round.
Private equity assets under management (AUM) hit a record $4.11tn as of June 2019, despite challenging market conditions and dampening deal flow.
Tech Coast Angels (TCA) grew total investment to a record $19.4 million across 64 companies in 2020, with membership reaching a record 469 angel investors.
Tech Coast Angels (TCA) grew total investment by 91% to a record $19.1 million across 52 companies in 2019.
Participating agencies obligated $3.53 billion of SBIR funding and $460.6 million of STTR funding for a total of $3.99 billion in FY20.
The 2018/2019 academic year was a record year for spinout exits from UK universities, with sales of spinout company shares totalling more than £61 million, an increase of 37% from 2017/2018.
The Swedish venture capital market represents 35% of total Nordic exit value and over SEK 35 billion in assets under management.
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.
Total assets under management invested globally in private markets ballooned to an all-time high of US $6.5 trillion.
The Swiss venture capital market recorded an overall growth rate of 86%.
In 2019, almost CHF 2.3 billion was invested in 266 Swiss start-ups, representing an 85.5% increase compared with the previous year.
Central banks in Brazil, Canada, the Euro Area/Japan, Singapore, South Africa, and Thailand have conducted large-value interbank payment DLT experiments.
At the end of 2020, OeEB's total committed portfolio reached EUR 1.44 billion, comprising EUR 1.32 billion in lending projects and EUR 120 million in equity projects.
Alberta Enterprise Corporation has committed over $188 million for investment across 19 venture capital funds.
According to Copenhagen Economics analysis, Swedish GDP is currently 0.8% higher than it would otherwise be due to venture capital.