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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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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The German venture capital business climate indicator fell by 10.2 points to -35.8 points in the second quarter of 2026.
European Q2 PE deal value grew 6.9% QoQ, putting 2026 on track for a record year by total deal count.
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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.
Funding was evenly distributed across development stages, with €726 million invested in startups (Series A/B) and €714 million in scale-ups (Series C+).
DACH VC deal activity through Q3 2025 reached €8.4 billion across 1,085 completed deals, pacing 9% YoY below 2024 levels.
In 2024, the Swiss financial sector directly generated a gross value added of CHF 73.2 Mrd. and supported 245’800 jobs (FTE).
Infrastructure funds raised €265bn in Europe from 2020 to H1 2025, with €41bn raised in H1 2025 alone.
Total turnover of German SMEs grew moderately by 2% in 2024 to EUR 5,179 billion, while average turnover growth per enterprise stood at 1.2%.
In 2024, Swiss real gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to 1,0 %, while the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) forecasts a slight recovery to 1,3 % for 2025.
Bavarian startups raised EUR 2,331 million in 2024, outperforming Berlin startups at EUR 2,177 million for the first time.
Total fundraising in Europe reached its second-highest year ever at €147bn during 2025, representing a 16% increase from the previous year.
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Biotech attracted the highest amount of capital among all sectors at CHF 405.3 million, representing a 44% increase in invested capital.
Total fundraising in Europe during 2023 reached €132.9bn, representing a 3% decline from the previous five-year average, with 744 funds raising capital.
Total fundraising in Europe reached €120bn during 2024, representing a 12% decrease from the previous year.
A new record of 397 financing rounds was set for Swiss start-ups in 2023.
Pessimistic perception of the current fundraising environment was shared by 70% of VC respondents in 2023.
Total funding for Pre-seed to Series B European healthtech companies grew 49% YoY from 2020 to 2021 and remained resilient in 2022 with an 8% YoY growth, reaching $4.4 billion.
The cumulative enterprise value of European startups and scaleups has grown by approximately EUR 2,5 tn since 2012.
ICT/Fintech surpassed CHF 2 billion, with ICT invested capital growing by 72%.
Preliminary H1 2022 fundraising figures for Europe reached €64.5bn, close to the H1 2021 record figure of €66.0bn.
In the first half of 2022, total invested capital in Swiss start-up financing rose to almost CHF 2.6 billion across more than 160 financing rounds.
Investments in Swiss start-ups recorded an increase of 44 % in invested capital, reaching 3059 CHF m in 2021.
Venture capital investments in Austria represent 0.02% of GDP, compared to 0.12% in Estonia and 0.633% in the USA.
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.
A negative impact from COVID-19 on portfolio companies was reported by 51% of private equity respondents, whereas 27% observed a positive impact.