The Insight: State of the European Private Equity Industry 2025
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.
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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.
Bavarian startups raised EUR 2,331 million in 2024, outperforming Berlin startups at EUR 2,177 million for the first time.
Twelve new Israeli VC funds raised capital in H1 2025, with total capital raised estimated between $300m - $350m.
In Q2 2025, VC firms deployed $69.9 billion across an estimated 4,001 deals, marking a 24.8% QoQ decline in total deal value.
Total venture capital investment reached $1.26B across 116 deals in Q1 2025.
Venture capital investment in Latin America stabilized in 2024, reaching an annual total of $4.5b across 751 transactions.
Early-stage rounds accounted for 54% of VC dollars deployed in Latin America during 1H 2025.
Artificial intelligence creates a $4T+ market opportunity as it disrupts software, services, and labor markets.
The EIF VC Survey 2024 gathered anonymised responses from 398 VC fund managers operating in Europe.
The proportion of SMEs that have used or will use significant resources for growth projects reached 38%, up by 11pts.
The Nasdaq Composite Index grew 38% over the last twelve months, adding $8.4 trillion in market capitalisation.
US venture deal activity reached 3,775 completed deals in Q3, putting total full-year deal value on track for $175.2 billion.
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.
If European universities reached benchmark efficiency, Europe could generate almost 16,000 additional startups in 1 year and 150K+ additional startups over 10 years.
Biotech attracted the highest amount of capital among all sectors at CHF 405.3 million, representing a 44% increase in invested capital.
Venture capital invested in Alberta technology companies grew 26% from $561 million in 2021 to $707 million in 2023.
The combined enterprise value of Spanish startups surpassed €100B in 2023.
Overall, 61% of SMEs reported being profitable over the last 12 months.
Private equity-backed European companies employed 10.9 million people in 2022, representing 5% of Europe's total workforce of 236 million.
Total reported investment by FiBAN members declined by 29% in 2023 to €26.4 million, reaching 2017 levels.
Private equity portfolio companies directly and indirectly employ approximately 250 000 people, representing 4.8% of total employment in Sweden.
The visible angel investment market in Europe reached 1,220 Million Euros in 2024, reflecting a -2,8% decrease from 1,255 Million Euros in 2023.
According to data from Dealroom, the seed fund graduation rate to Series A is just 19%.
Since 2007, a total of 25.7 billion euros has been invested in Belgian companies through venture capital and private equity.
Global private market total assets under management reached US$ 13.1 trillion mid 2023, following 20% annual growth over the prior five years.
A new record of 397 financing rounds was set for Swiss start-ups in 2023.
In 2021, U.S. venture capital firms invested a record $348 billion before overall investment activity declined.
Private equity and venture capital backed companies accounted for 4% of Belgium's total 4.9 million workforce.
Europe's tech workforce reached 3.5M employees in 2024, expanding at a 24% compounded annual growth rate since 2015.
Venture Capital and Private Equity invested a total of €6,709M across 844 investments in Spain in 2023, returning to pre-pandemic levels.