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Report: European VC fundraising has tripled in three years to about €12 billion today
How much venture capital is out there? Where is it coming from? Is Brexit causing a shift in Europe? This free 17-page Dealroom aims answer these questions, packed with new insights about the European VC landscape.
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Report - Fundraising by European venture capital funds
Key insights:
- Fundraising by European VC funds has tripled from about €4 billion in 2014 to €12 billion in 2016 and a similar amount likely to be raised in 2017
- The number of funds grew at the same pace, from 30 to 100 new funds per year, while the average size per fund is constant around €110M
- In 2016, continental European VC fundraising made a surge, especially in France, Sweden, Netherlands
- And in 2017 for the first time ever, France leads with €2.7 billion funds raised, vs. €2.3 billion in the UK
Additional resources:
You can now also explore new VC funds by country and per quarter via this New Funds heatmap:
You can also make detailed filters in this New Funds list. For example, these are new Paris-based VCs and corporate funds with Health Tech experience.