The VC Factor - Pandemic Edition
European VC delivered EUR 12bn in new investment volumes in 2020, representing 7% growth over the previous year.
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European VC delivered EUR 12bn in new investment volumes in 2020, representing 7% growth over the previous year.
European ecommerce sales are projected by JP Morgan to reach €940 billion by 2023.
Swiss venture capital investment experienced a 7% decrease overall.
Microsoft represents c. 55% of total market value among software and cloud companies above $100bn in market cap.
A negative impact from COVID-19 on portfolio companies was reported by 51% of private equity respondents, whereas 27% observed a positive impact.
Investment in Swiss start-ups reached CHF 1.7 billion across 124 financing rounds in the first half of 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.
Fundraising in H1 2020 reached €49.2 billion, representing a 4 percent decline compared to 2019.
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, almost CHF 2.3 billion was invested in 266 Swiss start-ups, representing an 85.5% increase compared with the previous year.
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.
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.
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.
According to Copenhagen Economics analysis, Swedish GDP is currently 0.8% higher than it would otherwise be due to venture capital.
The Swedish venture capital market represents 35% of total Nordic exit value and over SEK 35 billion in assets under management.
From 2007 to 2015, investors poured around €35 billion into early and later-stage start-ups located in the 28 EU countries.
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.
Swiss startups raised CHF 1236 million in funding in 2018.
The estimated $757 billion fresh commitment flows to private capital worldwide in 2018 stands 18% below 2017's record fund raising of $925 billion.
Accel has invested $3.8bn across 225 SaaS companies globally.
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.
Skatteverket estimated that the proposed exit tax would increase annual Swedish tax revenues by around 1 billion kronor starting 1 January 2020.
Total disclosed healthcare private equity deal value reached $42.6 billion in 2017 across 265 deals.
In 2017, Swiss startups received total venture capital funding of CHF 938 million.
The Business Support Services Group brings together SME support agencies operating across 4 countries on 2 continents.
OeEB reached a committed total portfolio of €1.08 billion at the end of 2017, with 90.5% invested in lending projects and 9.5% in equity projects.
Between 2007 and 2015, VC firms in the EU raised EUR 40 billion, with government agencies contributing more than a fifth of the total funds committed.