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Benchmarking Public and Private Markets with the Public Market Equivalent (PME)
Invest Europe Research
Invest Europe’s report on benchmarking public and private markets investments analyses the different metrics available for measuring private equity fund performance. It identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the internal rate of return (IRR), multiple of invested capital (MOIC) and public market equivalent (PME).
Private Equity at Work report (2020)
Invest Europe Research
Invest Europe provides, for the first time, detailed evidence and analysis of the European private equity and venture capital industry’s contribution to employment, in 2018, and job creation, in 2017-18, in Europe.
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Central and Eastern Europe Statistics 2019
Invest Europe Research
Invest Europe report on private equity and venture capital markets of Central and Eastern Europe in 2019 and prior years.
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Annual Report 2019-20
Invest Europe
The Invest Europe Annual Report provides an overview of Invest Europe's activities during the last 12 months in fields including public affairs, data & research, events and communications. The report includes a financial statement.
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Investing in Europe: Private Equity activity 2019
Invest Europe Research
With data on more than 1,400 European private equity firms, covering 86% of the €782bn in capital under management in Europe, Invest Europe offers the most comprehensive review of fundraising, investment and divestment trends for European private equity and venture capital activity.
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Highlights 2019
Invest Europe
A summary document of Invest Europe 2019 highlights and achievements across public affairs, professional standards, communications, data & research and events.
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The VC Factor: Data-driven insights about VC-backed start-ups in Europe
EIF & Invest Europe Research
“The VC Factor” is the first large-scale study of VC-backed start-ups located in the EU. A joint effort of the EIF and Invest Europe, the research looks at about 9,000 firms invested in 2007-15 and analyses their characteristics as well as their post-investment performance.
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H1 2019 European Private Equity Activity
Invest Europe Research
The H1 2019 activity data report provides a semi-annual review of fundraising, investment and divestment trends for European private equity and venture capital activity. Please note that this data is preliminary and subject to change.
Driving European Growth
Invest Europe
Read more about the private equity industry's key policy priorities for 2019 to 2024 in our Manifesto.
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Central and Eastern Europe Statistics 2018
Invest Europe Research
An Invest Europe report on private equity activity in Central and Eastern Europe. This report provides annual activity statistics for the private equity markets of Central and Eastern Europe in 2018.
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