Highlights 2024
Industry Data
& Research
Invest Europe’s research department is the most authoritative source of reliable data on the European private equity and venture capital ecosystem. Trusted by our members and public institutions, used by the media and academics, Invest Europe reports empower our political advocacy and communication work. We aim to tackle – with facts and data – the issues the industry faces.
Key numbers
91%
Statistics our activity covered of the
€1.15tn
in capital under management in Europe
>1,700
fund managers are covered in the statistics
14
research publications produced
Highlights 2024
Industry Data & Research
- First ever Protecting European innovation: Private equity’s role in European Intellectual Property Rights report, showing the positive relationship between private equity investments and intellectual property rights at companies, in collaboration with EUIPO
- Second ESG KPIs report based on the 10 metrics collected via the European Data Cooperative platform (EDC), tracking the industry’s efforts in tackling issues such as climate change, female under-representation, and bribery and corruption
- New edition of the Performance of European Private Equity Benchmark Report, including data on European infrastructure funds for the first time
- Update of the Venture Capital: Fuelling European Innovation report designed to inform about the role and benefits of venture capital and growth equity investment
- Update of the Mid-Market Private Equity: Europe’s Engine for Growth Report on the far-reaching economic and social benefits of mid-market private equity investment across Europe
- New edition of the Private Equity at Work report, underlining the industry’s key role in employment and job creation in the 2021-2022 period
- Update of essential analyses on Capital Under Management, Dry Powder, and Transaction Value
- Publication of the market sentiment surveys on the Europe mid-market and large buyout market with Arthur D. Little, and on venture capital with the EIF