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.
The AMF conducted a thematic SPOT inspection campaign across 4 investment services providers regarding client communications for SCPI real estate products.
The Securities Holdings Statistics by Sector (SHSS) dataset provides granular coverage generally above well 90 percent for each euro area country analyzed.
As public attention to AI rose following the release of ChatGPT, banks lowered assessed default risk (PD) for borrowers in highly AI-exposed industries by about 5%.
Approximately 8,500 companies and establishments were questioned between 27 September and 5 October.
The EIF Equity Survey Q3 2026 collected market insights from 682 VC and PE mid-market fund managers across Europe.
Heatwaves represent the dominant climate-related health risk in Europe, accounting for 97% of fatalities from weather- and climate-related extremes in the EU-27 since 1980.
Between 2008 and 2025, real GDP in the Eurozone grew at an average annual rate of just 0.9%, resulting in a 16.9% cumulative increase, while the US economy grew by 40.5% over the same period.
Stock markets remained calm after the start of the conflict in Iran on February 28, 2026, with the S&P 500 gaining a maximum increase of 7% on May 10, 2026.
Mario Draghi estimated that the EU requires €1.2 trillion of annual investment to compete globally in an integrated market of 450 million people.
Roland Berger Limited in Abu Dhabi is located at Al Sarab Tower, 15th floor, 407 as of June 2026.
Private markets actors support over 11,000 companies, including 8,400 in France representing 2.5 million jobs, with annual investments exceeding •50 billion.
Total European B2C e-commerce turnover increased by 7%, rising from €842 billion to €911 billion in 2025.
Infrastructure funds raised €265bn in Europe from 2020 to H1 2025, with €41bn raised in H1 2025 alone.
Eight G20 members achieved the maximum score of 5/5 for direct access for non-bank payment service providers in 2025.
Only 24% of surveyed banks report being highly successful in achieving their cost reduction goals.
Productivity in Swedish companies receiving venture capital increased by 22% over a seven-year period.
The study evaluates 905 higher education institutions across 35 European countries with a combined annual budget of nearly €250 billion creating over 14.000 startups annually.
Total fundraising in Europe reached its second-highest year ever at €147bn during 2025, representing a 16% increase from the previous year.
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.
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.
Pessimistic perception of the current fundraising environment was shared by 70% of VC respondents in 2023.
French private equity achieved a net annual IRR from inception of 12.1%.
Over a 10-year horizon at end 2022, French private equity achieved a PERACS Rate of Return of 13.5% and a PERACS Alpha of 4.4% compared to a market return of 9.2%.
Global venture capital investment in Q2 2023 reached $87.4bn, down 43% yoy compared to $153bn in Q2 2022.
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.
Total fundraising reached €41.5 billion in 2022, down -1% compared to 2021.
European tech ecosystem value bounced back to $3 trillion, recovering the $400 billion that was wiped out in 2022.
Preliminary H1 2022 fundraising figures for Europe reached €64.5bn, close to the H1 2021 record figure of €66.0bn.