Swiss Venture Capital Report Update H1 2022
In the first half of 2022, total invested capital in Swiss start-up financing rose to almost CHF 2.6 billion across more than 160 financing rounds.
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In the first half of 2022, total invested capital in Swiss start-up financing rose to almost CHF 2.6 billion across more than 160 financing rounds.
European private equity deal activity reached more than EUR 754 billion in 2021, moving well above trend growth.
Software and cloud giants with valuations above $100B lost approximately ~35% of their market capitalization.
Canadian health tech venture funding totaled $672M across 168 deals in 2022, down 30% from the previous year with an average deal size of $4M.
Investments in Swiss start-ups recorded an increase of 44 % in invested capital, reaching 3059 CHF m in 2021.
SICTIC facilitated 110 funding rounds in 2021, accounting for 71% of all early-stage ICT investments in Switzerland.
In 2021, Private Equity and Venture Capital in Spain invested a total volume of €7.572,7M across a record 933 investments.
ICT/Fintech investment more than doubled to achieve a record volume of over CHF 1.5 billion.
The 2021 EIF VC Survey captured responses from 479 VC fund managers representing 379 VC firms across Europe.
SECA has a membership base of more than 600 members, including investment companies, banks, corporate finance advisors, and private investors.
In Vienna, 44 financing rounds were completed in 2021 (as of July 22), with investment volume increasing from €121 million in the previous year to €464 million.
Venture capital investments in Austria represent 0.02% of GDP, compared to 0.12% in Estonia and 0.633% in the USA.
Global private equity dealmaking recovered in the second half of 2020 to reach approximately USD 600 billion for the year.
Investment in Swiss start-ups reached CHF 1.7 billion across 124 financing rounds in the first half of 2021.
Swiss venture capital investment experienced a 7% decrease overall.
SVCA member portfolio companies achieved a mean full-time equivalent (FTE) employment growth of 9% in 2020/2019 compared to 5% for all listed firms on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm.
European VC delivered EUR 12bn in new investment volumes in 2020, representing 7% growth over the previous year.
A negative impact from COVID-19 on portfolio companies was reported by 51% of private equity respondents, whereas 27% observed a positive impact.
Microsoft represents c. 55% of total market value among software and cloud companies above $100bn in market cap.
Fundraising in H1 2020 reached €49.2 billion, representing a 4 percent decline compared to 2019.
Private equity backed portfolio companies created 173,124 net jobs in 2018, achieving an employment growth rate of 5.5%.
During the first half of 2020, CHF 763 million was invested into Swiss start-ups across 105 financing rounds.
Global fintech investment across M&A, PE, and VC reached $135.7 billion across 2,693 deals in 2019.
European VC-backed companies raised $7.9B across 804 deals in Q4'19.
In 2019, global VC-backed fintech funding reached $34.5B across 1,913 deals, a 15% year-over-year decline largely due to 2018 being inflated by Ant Financial's $14B round.
The 2018/2019 academic year was a record year for spinout exits from UK universities, with sales of spinout company shares totalling more than £61 million, an increase of 37% from 2017/2018.
Venture capital investment in private cloud companies in Europe and Israel reached $9-9.5bn YTD 2020, up from $7-7.5bn in 2019 YTD.
In 2019, almost CHF 2.3 billion was invested in 266 Swiss start-ups, representing an 85.5% increase compared with the previous year.
According to Copenhagen Economics analysis, Swedish GDP is currently 0.8% higher than it would otherwise be due to venture capital.
The Swiss venture capital market recorded an overall growth rate of 86%.