Reports

Highlights:

Investment: The total equity amount invested in European companies in 2025 was €135bn
Divestment: Divestments at cost in 2025 reached €45bn
Fundraising: Total fundraising in Europe reached its second-highest year ever at €147bn during 2025

Highlights:

Central and Eastern Europe investment rebounds to €2.83bn in 2024, as regional activity recovers and market confidence returns

• Investments rise 50% to €2.83bn, back in line with historical trends
• Exits increase 33% to €1.35bn, highest level since 2020 all-time record, driven by IPOs

Highlights:

Number of Closed Transactions: 47
Number of Divestments: 32
Total Capital Invested: HUF 17 525 million

Highlights:

Number of Investments: 56
Total Capital Invested (million EUR): 606,0
Number of Divestments: 17
Total Divestments Value (million EUR): 48,9
Total Number of Funds: 5
Total Fundraising Value (million EUR): 227,7

Highlights:

Number of Closed Transactions: 40
Number of Divestments: 58
Total Capital Invested: HUF 32 271 million

Toplines include:
Private equity, growth and venture capital firms raised €133 billion in incremental funds in 2023, down on 2022’s exceptional result of €195 billion, but nonetheless the third highest total for European capital raising and well ahead of pre-COVID levels. Buyout funds raised €95 billion, 5% above the average of the last five years, while growth funds gathered €17 billion, and venture capital funds raised €14 billion.

Highlights:

Number of Investments: 115
Total Capital Invested (Million EUR): 105.4
Number of Divestments: 27
Total Divestment Value (Million EUR):10.3

Highlights:

Number of Transactions: 26
Number of Divestments: 39
Total Capital Invested: HUF 16 067 million

Highlights:

Number of closed transactions: 26
Number of divestments: 34
Total capital invested: HUF 7 829 million

Higlights:

Number of Transactions: 25
Number of Divestments: 29
Total Capital Invested: HUF 3546 million

Invest Europe - Annual activity statistics
Investing in Europe: Private Equity activity 2022- the most comprehensive and authoritative source of fundraising, investment, and divestment data, covering over 1,750 firms

Highlights:

Number of Investments: 184
Total Capital Invested: 250,2 (million EUR)
Number of Divestments: 36
Total Divestments Value: 277,4 (million EUR)
Total Fundraising Value: 69,9 (million EUR)

Highlights:

Number of Closed Transactions: 31
Number of Divestments: 26
Total Capital Invested: HUF 12 712 million

Highlights:

Number of Closed Transactions: 39
Number of Divestments: 19
Total Capital Invested: HUF 31,079 million

Highlights:

Number of Closed Transactions: 31
Number of Divestments: 26
Total Capital Invested: HUF 8.102 Million