Impact of Quality Signals on Investors' Investment Decision in Equity Crowdfunding
The study analyzes quantitative data from 750 overfunded campaigns out of 800 successful campaigns conducted between 2015 and 2024.
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The study analyzes quantitative data from 750 overfunded campaigns out of 800 successful campaigns conducted between 2015 and 2024.
DACH VC deal activity through Q3 2025 reached €8.4 billion across 1,085 completed deals, pacing 9% YoY below 2024 levels.
The share of SMEs in GDP in Kazakhstan increased from 28.4% in 2018 to 36.5% in 2023, employing 4.3 million people across 2.2 million registered entities.
Finnish growth companies received €161m (-55% YoY) across 30 (-23% YoY) deals from domestic and foreign investors.
Infrastructure funds raised €265bn in Europe from 2020 to H1 2025, with €41bn raised in H1 2025 alone.
As of 29 December 2024, listed private equity firms globally managed €4,140 billion in assets and had a combined market cap of €663 billion.
A total of 787 VC and PE mid-market fund managers contributed their insights to the Q4 2025 barometer survey.
In 2024, the Swiss financial sector directly generated a gross value added of CHF 73.2 Mrd. and supported 245’800 jobs (FTE).
Investment firms with total consolidated assets of €30 billion or more are categorized as credit institutions under Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013.
Sweeping US import tariffs lifted the average effective US tariff rate to 18.0%, marking its highest point since 1934.
Emerging market economies are projected to grow by 4% year-on-year in both 2025 and 2026.
Preliminary fundraising figures for Europe in H1 2025 reached €54bn, representing a 19% decline from H1 2024.
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.
The total number of financing rounds decreased by 10.1% to 124 rounds.
The total number of financing rounds fell by 10.1% year-on-year to 124 rounds.
Globally, 48% of women are active in labour markets compared to 73% of men, with the global gender labour gap falling by only 1 percentage point annually over the past three decades.
In 2024, a total of CHF 550.2 million was raised via crowdfunding platforms in Switzerland, representing a minor decrease of 1.5% compared to 2023.
Productivity in Swedish companies receiving venture capital increased by 22% over a seven-year period.
In 2023, there were over 8,000 funds globally invested in private equity, managing assets totalling more than USD 7.4 trillion.
Private equity and venture capital-backed companies employed 199,383 people in Belgium in 2023.
The survey received 76 answers from 488 targeted employees of Finnish private equity and venture capital companies.
Swiss VC funds allocate an average of 30% of invested capital and 50% of their total number of investments to Swiss start-ups.
Fee-Paying Assets Under Management (FPAUM) reached €148bn at year-end 2025, driven by €23bn in gross inflows across strategies.
Total venture capital investment reached $1.26B across 116 deals in Q1 2025.
Aggregate venture debt deal value in 2024 surged past $53 billion despite transaction volume falling below 1,400 completed deals.
Total capital deployed in the Baltic startup ecosystem reached €1606 million in 2025, up from €546 million in 2024.
Spanish private capital funds generated an aggregate net IRR of 11.1% and a TVPI multiple of 1.6x over the 2006–2024 period.
Venture Capital & Private Equity investment in Spain reached €6.292M across 785 investments in 2024.
The US venture capital market deployed $215.4 billion across 14,320 deals in 2024.
Total fundraising in Europe reached its second-highest year ever at €147bn during 2025, representing a 16% increase from the previous year.