Key highlights:

• VC investment almost doubled to €675 million, driven by an expansion in later stage venture, mid-market buyouts increased by 52% to €780 million 
• Divestment value increased by 26% to €1.71 billion at historical investment cost
• Fundraising hits €1.87bn, +21% over prior 5-year average, driven by buyout and venture funds

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

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.

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

Statistics on Fundraising, Investments & Divestments

Private equity’s mainstream position within the European economy must also yield an understanding and recognition of our critical role in safeguarding Europe’s long-term future…

This report was compiled with the help of Invest Europe’s Central and Eastern Europe Task Force It provides annual activity statistics for the private equity and venture capital markets of Central and Eastern Europe ( in 2019 and prior years

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