In 2021, more than half of the value of venture capital exits in Europe occurred by way of trade sale. This was followed by public offerings at 12 percent. Only three percent of the value of exits by venture capital firms occurred by sale to a financial institution.
Distribution of venture capital (VC) exit value in 2021, by exit route
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Statistics on Venture capital Europe
Leading venture capital companies
5
- Premium Statistic Largest VC funding deals in Europe Q2 2022
- Premium Statistic Leading venture capitalist firms in Europe 2018, realized exit value
- Premium Statistic Leading venture capitalist firms in Europe 2018, potential exit value
- Premium Statistic Leading venture capitalist firms with European unicorns 2020
- Premium Statistic Most active venture-capital market investors in Europe as of Q2 2019
Venture capital unicorns
3
Investments and deals
8
- Basic Statistic Value of venture capital investments in Europe 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of first time venture capital funding deals in Europe 2013-2022
- Premium Statistic Value of first time venture capital funding deals in Europe 2014-2022
- Premium Statistic Value of investments by venture capital in Europe 2013-2021, by investment stage
- Premium Statistic Venture capital investments as share of GDP Europe 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Median venture capital deal size in Europe 2010-2022, by stage
- Premium Statistic Median venture capital deal size in Europe 2010-2022, by series
- Premium Statistic Number of regional venture capital investments in Europe 2021
Investments and deals: Central & Eastern Europe
6
- Premium Statistic Number of companies that received venture and capital investment in CEE 2007-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of companies that received venture and capital investment in CEE 2007-2020
- Premium Statistic Venture and capital investment in Central and Eastern Europe 2007-2020
- Premium Statistic Venture and capital investment in Central and Eastern Europe 2007-2020, by stage
- Premium Statistic Value of venture capital investment in CEE 2017-2020, by sector
- Premium Statistic Distribution of venture capital investment value in CEE 2020, by sector
Funding rounds
3
Exits/divestments
3
FinTechs and venture capital
5
- Premium Statistic Number of VC-backed Fintech funding deals in the UK 2014-2018
- Premium Statistic Value of VC-backed Fintech funding in the UK 2014-2018
- Premium Statistic Number of VC-backed Fintech deals in Europe 2014-2018
- Premium Statistic Largest venture capital-backed fintech unicorns in Europe 2019
- Premium Statistic Value of VC-backed Fintech funding in Europe 2014-2018
Further related statistics
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- Share of venture capital divestments in Europe 2018, by sector
- Breakdown of venture capital exits in Europe 2012-2016, by exit type
- Number of companies that received venture capital investment in Europe 2013-2017
- Share of venture capital funds raised in Europe in 2017, by type investor
- venture capital incremental funds raised in Europe 2013-2017
- Share of VC backed startups that reached the next funding round in Europe 2017
- Venture capital quarterly investments in Europe 2008 to 2014
- Value of venture capital write-offs in Germany 2007-2016
- Value of venture capital write-offs in the United Kingdom (UK) 2007-2016
- Value of private equity deals in the Netherlands 2014-2019
- Venture capital investments in the mining sector Australia FY 2010-2019
- Venture capital divestment value in Germany 2016, by exit route
- Venture capital investments health sector Australia FY 2012-2021
- Number of global venture capital-backed mergers and acquisitions 2007-2013
- Annualized PIRR for ventural capital funds Europe 2013, by investment stage
- Change in divestiture activity on the European M&A market in 2014, by deal type
- Largest divestment deals ranked by value in Greater London (UK) 2017-2018
- Deal value of software assets by public companies worldwide 2010-2018
- Divestment deals ranked by value in Scotland 2015
- U.S. public opinion on Trump's conflicts of interest in 2017, by political ideology
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- Breakdown of venture capital exits in Europe 2012-2016, by exit type
- Number of companies that received venture capital investment in Europe 2013-2017
- Share of venture capital funds raised in Europe in 2017, by type investor
- venture capital incremental funds raised in Europe 2013-2017
- Share of VC backed startups that reached the next funding round in Europe 2017
- Venture capital quarterly investments in Europe 2008 to 2014
- Value of venture capital write-offs in Germany 2007-2016
- Value of venture capital write-offs in the United Kingdom (UK) 2007-2016
- Value of private equity deals in the Netherlands 2014-2019
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- Number of global venture capital-backed mergers and acquisitions 2007-2013
- Annualized PIRR for ventural capital funds Europe 2013, by investment stage
- Change in divestiture activity on the European M&A market in 2014, by deal type
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Invest Europe. (May 2, 2022). Distribution of venture capital (VC) exit value in 2021, by exit route [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 23, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/878944/share-of-exits-by-venture-capital-europe/
Invest Europe. "Distribution of venture capital (VC) exit value in 2021, by exit route." Chart. May 2, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/878944/share-of-exits-by-venture-capital-europe/
Invest Europe. (2022). Distribution of venture capital (VC) exit value in 2021, by exit route. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/878944/share-of-exits-by-venture-capital-europe/
Invest Europe. "Distribution of Venture Capital (Vc) Exit Value in 2021, by Exit Route." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/878944/share-of-exits-by-venture-capital-europe/
Invest Europe, Distribution of venture capital (VC) exit value in 2021, by exit route Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/878944/share-of-exits-by-venture-capital-europe/ (last visited March 23, 2023)
Distribution of venture capital (VC) exit value in 2021, by exit route [Graph], Invest Europe, May 2, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/878944/share-of-exits-by-venture-capital-europe/