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The Performance of European Private Equity Benchmark Report 2020
Invest Europe Research
A transparent study of private equity returns. The findings show that European private equity strongly outperformed listed equity benchmarks to the end of 2020, underlining the industry’s resilience during the COVID-19 crisis and its consistent ability to support the long-term investors that guarantee the pensions and savings of European citizens.
2020 Central and Eastern Europe Private Equity Statistics
Invest Europe Research
Invest Europe report on private equity and venture capital markets of Central and Eastern Europe in 2020 and prior years.
Private Equity at Work research report (published May 2021)
Invest Europe Research
Detailed evidence and analysis of the European private equity industry’s real contribution to employment, in 2019, and job creation, in 2018-19, and the far-reaching impact this has on the people, societies and economies of Europe.
Investing in Europe: Private Equity activity 2020
The most comprehensive analysis of fundraising, investment and divestment trends with data on more than 1,600 European private equity and venture capital firms, the 2020 statistics cover 89% of the €708bn in capital under management in Europe.
Positioned for the Challenge: Capital Under Management & Dry Powder 2019
Invest Europe Research
In this report, we look at Capital Under Management and Dry Powder across private equity segments, from Buyouts to Generalist funds, and Growth capital to Venture Capital.
Private Equity in CEE: Creating Value and Continued Growth
Invest Europe
The report offers an in-depth study of private equity’s role in innovation and economic development across Central and Eastern Europe through detailed case studies of companies backed by private equity investors during 2015-2019.
Transaction value analysis 2007-2019
Invest Europe Research
Brand new analysis of Venture and Buyout statistics, looking at the transaction value of Venture-backed and Buyout investments.
Research methodology sectoral classification
Invest Europe Research
This document provides the conversion table from Invest Europe sectoral classification to NACE codes.
Economic footprint of Swedish private equity
Swedish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
Research from Swedish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association about the economic footprint of Swedish private equity.
The insight: Europe’s private equity industry during COVID-19 and beyond
Arthur D. Little & Invest Europe
A forward-looking Market Sentiment Survey capturing the views of more than 350 GPs and LPs on the future of the private equity industry in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Julien Krantz
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Research Director
Sofian Giuroiu
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Research Officer
Daniel Irwin-Brown
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Research Manager