VC industry - Statistics - Europe - 2010
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VC industry - Statistics - Europe - France - 2010
Headhunters Calibre One published their regular state of the market briefing yesterday and it shows that investment levels in Europe have been roughly flat at just under $1bn per quarter since the credit crunch hit a couple of years ago.
European VC deal value roughly flat quarter on quarter
A group of France's most successful entrepreneurs-turned-investors agreed in November to a one million euro investment in Restopolitan, an early-stage Paris- start-up, an example of how the state of Europe's venture capital industry is changing. Read on to discover the on-line version of Informilo's first print publication, created in partnership with Raconteur Media, and distributed at Le Web in Paris December 8 and 9. Informilo and Raconteur plan to launch four quarterly print reports about innovation, entrepreneurship and venture capital in The Times in 2011.
Financing The Future
European VC funding has bounced back. That’s according to Q2 figures produced by Dow Jones VentureSource which reports that investment is up by 50 percent compared to the record low of this time last year. €1.1 billion into 289 deals against 252 deals, which raised just €735 million. But specifically, says Dow Jones, the Information Technology (IT) industry, which apparently accounted for much of the venture market’s losses during the economic downturn, was the “star performer” in the most recent quarter.
