Catalysing European Growth: Aligning Public and Private Capital

On Tuesday 10 November, in Brussels, Invest Europe hosted a high-level roundtable discussion on Catalysing European Growth: Aligning Public and Private Capital in the MFF Era, bringing together Ministers, Ambassadors, European Commission officials, Members of the European Parliament and Invest Europe members from across private equity, venture capital and infrastructure.

We were honoured to welcome Kyriakos Pierrakakis, President of the Eurogroup and Minister of Economy and Finance of Greece, for a keynote address, alongside Siegfried Mureșan MEP, Rapporteur on the EU’s next Multiannual Financial Framework, and other senior European decision-makers.

At the heart of the conversation was a key question for Europe’s future: how can we mobilise more private investment to strengthen competitiveness and help European companies innovate, scale and grow?

From unlocking institutional capital and removing barriers to cross-border investment, to using the next EU budget to crowd in private capital, the discussion highlighted the importance of bringing policymakers and investors together around Europe’s investment priorities.

A big thank you to all our speakers, guests and Invest Europe members for a highly engaging exchange and for bringing the perspective of private equity, venture capital and infrastructure into Europe’s competitiveness debate.