Publications
& Policy

Private capital – including private equity (PE), venture capital (VC), and infrastructure funds – can play a critical role in strengthening Europe's defence industrial base. Invest Europe welcomes the Commission’s intention to increase funding flexibility, support innovation, and facilitate the scaling of strategic capabilities through the amendments proposed under the mini omnibus for defence. Our members have a long-standing track record of successfully investing in companies active in defence, security, and dual-use technologies – backing innovation, growth, and industrial resilience. They stand ready to continue using their expertise and capacity in the defence sector.

The most comprehensive analysis of the European private equity industry’s growth in assets over the past decade, as well as available capital for future investment. The report demonstrates private equity and venture capital’s increasing scale as it becomes more embedded in Europe’s economy and society, and its capacity to back businesses and industries that represent the future in terms of growth, innovation and sovereignty.

The Swiss Venture Capital Report is the reference publication for investment in Swiss start-ups. In addition to the annual report, we provide an update for the first half year in July plus the results of a survey among 100 Swiss investors which provides an outlook for the coming 12 months.

The report demonstrates the true scale of private capital’s impact on Europe, by examining investment in its entirety, including leverage and co-investment, for the period from 2015 to 2024.

In this response Invest Europe made the case that savings and investments accounts could allow retail investors to commit capital to EU productive companies, provided these accounts allow private equity and venture capital funds as eligible assets. It clarifies what steps must be taken to achieve this objective.

Global PE investment was somewhat muted in Q2’25 as PE investors held back, waiting for more clarity around US trade policies. But the availability of dry powder among PE firms, the hopeful upswing in exit activity, the strength of resilient sectors like energy, infrastructure — including AI infrastructure — and healthcare, provides some optimism that PE investment will recover in the second half of the year once trade uncertainties settle.

This member guide, developed by the Professional Standards Committee, outlines key focus areas identified by the FCA for investment managers. As these topics are principles-based and broadly applicable across all Invest Europe members, we encourage you to review the guide carefully in the context of your own firm's practices.

The European Venture Capital Fund (EuVECA) Regulation offers a voluntary EU-wide marketing passport to qualifying fund managers, while sparing them the costs associated with authorisation and compliance with the AIFMD, such as the requirement to appoint a depositary.

Taking lessons learned from the 2008 financial crisis, international regulators and policymakers have since concerned themselves with potential sources of risk in the global financial system beyond the banking sector.

During this third session in our AI webinar series, we explored the sustainability considerations and broader implications of AI use.

As of the end of 2024, UK-based private capital funds have £190bn of capital available to invest, which is expected to be deployed over the next three to five years. This BVCA estimate includes new data from over 2,000 venture capital, growth equity and private equity funds. Historically, around half of the funds managed in the UK, known in the industry as ‘dry powder’, are deployed here.

The most comprehensive study of private equity and venture capital activity across CEE, in partnership with law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel. It shows strong double-digit increases in fundraising, investment and divestment, putting activity value back in line with recent historical averages, as flagship transactions pointed to a recovery in market confidence, and international investor appetite increased.

Our sixth annual publication provides deep insights for investors to understand the performance of European private capital asset classes, and analyses data across a range of metrics, including mPME, which is designed to allow a transparent and comparable performance for private capital and public equity investments.

Download the factsheet to see the European private equity and venture capital industry’s real contribution to employment, in 2023, and job creation, in 2022-23 in Belgium and Sweden.

This supplementary document builds on Invest Europe’s September 2024 response to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on the functioning of the EU’s Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD). It provides further technical and practical insights into how divergent national implementation of ATAD I and II—particularly the interest limitation and hybrid mismatch rules—is creating legal uncertainty and unintended tax consequences for private equity and venture capital structures. Invest Europe urges more harmonized, proportionate enforcement to preserve investment flows and support Europe’s innovation-driven economy.