Data and insight
Download the factheets to see the European private equity and venture capital industry’s real contribution to employment, in 2021, and job creation, in 2020-21 in Belgium and Sweden.
2017 Global Investment Decision Makers Survey
Data and insight
20 Nov 2017
Private equity and venture capital-backed companies create 5% more European jobs in 2023; 5x Europe’s job-creation rate
Press releases
29 Apr 2025
Private equity, venture capital portfolio companies add 7.2% more European jobs in 2022; beat European job creation rate for 5th year running
Press releases
25 Apr 2024
Private equity, venture capital help drive European COVID recovery; add 6.5% more jobs in 2021 with 10.5m employed
Press releases
24 Apr 2023
Private equity, venture capital-backed firms shake off COVID disruption, adding 2% more jobs in 2020, totalling 10 million people employed
Press releases
06 Apr 2022
Private equity backed companies create more than 250,000 jobs, growing more than six times faster than the European average
Press releases
27 May 2021
Private equity, venture capital-backed companies create 4% more European jobs in 2024; 4x Europe’s job-creation rate
Press releases
30 Apr 2026
VCs invested €96 billion in almost 27,000 European companies over last 10 years, new Invest Europe report shows
Press releases
28 Sep 2023
You Ask, We Answer #10: Employment and Job Creation
Videos
08 May 2024