Venture capital fund numbers in Europe in 2016, by stage or focus
This statistic illustrates the total number of venture capital private equity funds operating in Europe as of 2016, broken down by the investment stage. Private equity is the OTC provision of equity capital through private or institutional investments with the participation of companies in another company for a limited time in order to generate financial benefits. It can be seen that there were a total of 35 early stage venture capital private equity funds operating in Europe at that time.