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“Despite volatile financial markets and macroeconomic challenges, private equity and venture capital continue to be a solid source of investment capital for growing European companies,” said Invest Europe’s Chief Executive Dörte Höppner.
2015 marked another healthy exit year for European private equity. Almost 2,500 European companies were exited, representing former equity investments of €40 billion, measured as divestment at cost. This amount matches 2014’s record breaking exit volume reported for European private equity.
“Our 2015 European Private Equity Activity report is both rigorously compiled and non-commercial, meaning it’s a crucial annual gauge on the state of the industry,” said Höppner. “The data indicates another year of strong exits and return prospects for investors in private equity and venture capital, much of which will be reinvested into the asset class.”