Swiss Venture Capital Fund Return Study 2025
Swiss VC funds allocate an average of 30% of invested capital and 50% of their total number of investments to Swiss start-ups.
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Swiss VC funds allocate an average of 30% of invested capital and 50% of their total number of investments to Swiss start-ups.
Participating UK private equity and venture capital funds achieved an 82% response rate with 85 out of 104 eligible firms submitting data.
Global private credit assets under management reached approximately US$3.5tn at the end of 2024, marking a 17% increase from US$3.0tn at year-end 2023.
Enterprise Ireland has invested over €90 million in over 200 Irish-born fintech, financial, or related business services companies.
Total fundraising in Europe reached its second-highest year ever at €147bn during 2025, representing a 16% increase from the previous year.
In 2025, Enterprise Ireland made its first allocations under the €250 million Seed & Venture Capital Scheme (SVC) 2025-2029, approving up to €120 million for venture capital funds.
Pangaea Ventures released its inaugural Hard Tech Report on its 25th anniversary to map out investment trends and breakthrough technologies.
Total capital deployed in the Baltic startup ecosystem reached €1606 million in 2025, up from €546 million in 2024.
A total of 409 FiBAN members participated in the annual investment survey for 2025.
Private equity and venture capital-backed companies employed 199,383 people in Belgium in 2023.
Over 90 % of surveyed professionals anticipate an increase in PE-involved M&A transactions in 2025, with 91 % expecting a year-on-year rise.
EEA insurers held a total of €7.9 trillion in government bonds, corporate bonds, and equity at the end of 2025.
Bavarian startups raised EUR 2,331 million in 2024, outperforming Berlin startups at EUR 2,177 million for the first time.
Capital raised by European PE and VC funds reached €54 billion in the first half of 2025, representing a 20% decline compared to the same period in 2024.
At end-2025, the market value of investments held by French insurers and pension funds stood at EUR 3,109 billion, representing a 5.4% increase from EUR 2,950 billion in 2024.
Assets under management in Spanish private equity reached €14.689 million in 2023, growing 1.8 times since 2006.
SpainCap leadership includes Elena Rico as President and José Zudaire as Director General.
Preliminary European private equity fundraising reached €58.5bn in H1 2024, a 16% increase compared to H1 2023 figures.
The G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-Border Payments (2020 - 2027) focuses on 5 main priority focus areas divided into 19 building blocks.
The exit environment was identified by 21% of respondents as the single most critical challenge facing their venture capital business in 2024.
The Nasdaq Composite Index grew 38% over the last twelve months, adding $8.4 trillion in market capitalisation.
The EIF VC Survey 2024 gathered anonymised responses from 398 VC fund managers operating in Europe.
As of 29 December 2023, global assets under management by listed private equity firms and funds totalled €3,369 billion.
SunCulture's solar pumps enable smallholder farmers to replace diesel pumps, mitigating over 20,000 tonnes of CO2 annually with syndicated debt from Hivos-Triodos Fund.
The CSRD applies to all EU companies meeting two of three criteria on two consecutive balance sheet dates: over 250 employees, total assets exceeding €25 million, or net turnover exceeding €50 million.
If European universities reached benchmark efficiency, Europe could generate almost 16,000 additional startups in 1 year and 150K+ additional startups over 10 years.
Total global fintech investment across VC, PE, and M&A fell from $62.3 billion across 2,287 deals in H2’23 to $51.8 billion across 2,254 deals in H1’24.
Biotech attracted the highest amount of capital among all sectors at CHF 405.3 million, representing a 44% increase in invested capital.
Total incremental fundraising in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) was €818 million in 2023, a 53% decrease from 2022.
Total fundraising in Europe during 2023 reached €132.9bn, representing a 3% decline from the previous five-year average, with 744 funds raising capital.