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.
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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.
Greater China accounts for 61% of Asia-Pacific-focused PEVC assets under management, tracked across over 4,600 fund managers and 740 investors.
The IMF note examines the institutional frameworks for fintech regulation and supervision across 10 selected jurisdictions.
In May 2019, major crypto exchange Binance suffered a cyberattack resulting in $41 million in Bitcoin being stolen.
Gimv's investment portfolio reached €1.1 billion across 55 portfolio companies that jointly generate a turnover of more than €2.75 billion and employ 14 000 professionals.
Alberta Enterprise Corporation committed $183 million for investment across 17 venture capital funds.
E-money and i-money represent new forms of digital money competing directly with traditional cash and bank deposits.
The study evaluates the causal effect of EIF-supported venture capital investments on 782 early stage start-ups supported between 2007 and 2014 relative to a matched control group.
Global venture capital funding reached $254 billion across approximately 18,000 startups in 2018, representing a 46% increase from 2017.
Private equity investments in India reached $26.3 billion across approximately 793 deals in 2018, making it the second-highest investment year of the last decade.
In Fiscal Year 2019, participating federal agencies obligated $3.29 billion of SBIR funding and $429.3 million of STTR funding across 11 participating agencies.
From 2007 to 2015, investors poured around €35 billion into early and later-stage start-ups located in the 28 EU countries.
Accel has invested $3.8bn across 225 SaaS companies globally.
The estimated $757 billion fresh commitment flows to private capital worldwide in 2018 stands 18% below 2017's record fund raising of $925 billion.
Swiss startups raised CHF 1236 million in funding in 2018.
In 2018, nearly CHF 1.24 billion in venture capital was invested in Swiss start-ups, representing an increase of 31.8% on the previous year.
Market commentators estimate that the insurance industry will be fundamentally transformed in 3 or 4 years and in no longer than a decade.
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.
Global insurance tech investment reached $2.56 billion in the first three quarters of 2018.
A total of 97% of survey respondents think digital and technological innovation will impact their business, up from 92% in 2017.
The firm deployed a record EUR 246.2 million in on-balance sheet investments (EUR 295.3 million including co-investment partnerships) across its core platforms.
Six out of ten respondents used the mobile payment service Swish during the past month in 2018, compared to around 10 per cent in 2014.
Total disclosed healthcare private equity deal value reached $42.6 billion in 2017 across 265 deals.