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The study analyzes 15,376 corporate M&A transactions announced by publicly listed acquiring firms across nine emerging economies between 2002 and 2021.
The European Investment Fund covers about 60% of public intervention in the European venture capital market.
By early 2026, Kalshi surpassed $1 billion in trading volume on Super Bowl Sunday as the prediction market industry grew nearly 400% year-on-year.
An analysis of 150,165 equity and bond issuances across 65 countries between 1990 and 2016 demonstrates that firm growth is supported by accessing capital markets.
The proportion of US technology firms adopting dual-class share structures at the IPO stage grew from 15% in 2012 to 50% in 2022.
The study analyzes a dataset of 808 technology unicorn acquisitions announced between 2010 and 2024, including 601 deals involving U.S.-based PE sponsors and 207 non-U.S. deals.
Michael Jensen's 1989 argument posited that public corporations would give way to leveraged, privately held organizations, though the 1980s buyout wave experienced defaults from overleverage.
The study analyzes a global private-market universe of approximately 270,000 companies, including more than 53,000 firms with post-money valuations.
Swiss real GDP growth is projected to reach 1,0 Prozent in 2026 and 1,4 Prozent in 2027.
In 2025, 74% of UK VC investment by deal value originated from outside the UK, the highest level in ten years.
In 2025, real growth of the Swiss economy reached 1.5%, remaining below its multi-year average.
Global private credit assets under management grew from approximately $2 trillion in 2020 to an estimated $3.5 trillion in 2025.
Regulatory constraints capped ordinary retail investor contributions at ¥500,000 per issuer, while firm fundraising through equity crowdfunding was limited to below ¥100 million per year.
The global crowdfunding market is estimated at over $2 billion, functioning as a financial infrastructure that stimulates innovation and employment.
European Q2 PE deal value grew 6.9% QoQ, putting 2026 on track for a record year by total deal count.
Around 70% of respondents reported that the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East negatively affected their business during Q2.
Overall invested capital declined by 15.5% compared to the first half of 2025.
In H1 2026, US VC deal value reached $412.7 billion with megadeals of $100 million or more representing 87.5% of total capital deployed.
OpenAI's $122 billion round collected more value than all other quarterly totals ever recorded in US venture capital.
Acquisition-related deals made up 75% of all activity by count YTD, leading estimated volume at €11.7 billion.
UK private capital markets face a structural liquidity gap, with PE sponsors deploying capital at a 2.1x deployment-to-exit ratio between 2021 and 2025.
Total incremental fundraising in CEE reached €1.87 billion in 2025, representing a 3% decrease from 2024 but remaining 21% above the previous five-year average.
Crowdinvesting was legally established in Russia in 2020 as a digital mechanism for early-stage companies to raise equity financing from external investors.
Norwegian early-stage companies raised about €170 million in 2025, lagging behind Sweden at €1.2 billion and Denmark at €530 million.
Italian SMEs face structural undercapitalization, maintaining average equity ratios below 30%, whereas Northern European economies exceed 40-45%.
Finnish buyout and growth investors raised €535 million in new capital in 2025, representing a 47% decrease compared to the previous year.
The study analyzes financial data from 163 Polish companies that conducted a total of 188 equity crowdfunding (ECF) campaigns between 2014 and 2023.
Fair value losses on banks' available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities portfolios totaled $300 billion combined at the end of 2025.
European VC deal value reached €21.9 billion in Q1 2026, driven by unprecedented AI deal penetration of 61.3%.
Finnish VC funds raised a total of €678 million (+115%) in new funds for future investments.
