Introduction

What EVCA is and does

The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) is a member-based, non-profit trade association and was established in 1983 and is based in Brussels. EVCA represents, promotes and protects the interests of the European private equity and venture capital industry.

With over 1,200 members in Europe, EVCA's role includes representing the interests of the industry to regulators and standard setters; developing professional standards; providing industry research; professional development and forums, facilitating interaction between its members and key industry participants including institutional investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers and academics.

EVCA’s activities cover the whole range of private equity, from venture capital (seed, start-up and development capital), to buyouts and buyins.

  • Representing the European private equity and venture capital industry towards a variety of stakeholders
    • On behalf of its members, EVCA undertakes public policy activities and maintains a dialogue with policy institutions and regulatory bodies at European, international and national levels, often in coordination with national trade associations. 
    • It promotes and increases the understanding of the key roles that private equity and venture capital and entrepreneurship play in creating and protecting jobs and enriching the European economy.
  • Raising professional standards
    • EVCA is at the forefront of developing guidelines for professional standards and best practice, contributing to harmonisation across the industry. EVCA has produced a range of widely-used guidelines for the professional conduct of private equity and venture capital fund managers, both in respect of the management of their activities and in their relationships with investors and portfolio companies.
  • Networking opportunities
    • EVCA provides opportunities for members from across Europe to meet together, exchange information and ideas, and discuss the latest industry trends and issues. 
    • Throughout the year EVCA holds regular networking events with leading practitioners and industry participants from all over Europe, including the Investors’ Forum, the CFO-COO Summit, the Venture Capital Forum and Buyout Forum as well as workshops on ICT, life sciences, buyouts and corporate venturing topics.
  • Enhancing professional development

    Since its foundation in 1987, the EVCA Institute has built a reputation as Europe’s premier provider of courses for private equity practitioners.

    • The Institute’s comprehensive range of private equity management training courses is designed to enhance the professional skills and expertise of a private equity practitioner at all stages of his or her career.
    • The group-based courses provide an opportunity to network with peers from across Europe and to profit from the experience of instructors drawn from leading senior industry professionals and academics.
Conducting and publicising industry research 
  • EVCA conducts and commissions a wide variety of private equity and venture capital research. 
  • Through its partnerships with PEREP_Analytics and Thomson Reuters, it collects and publishes quarterly and annual statistics, based on rigorous and transparent methodologies, covering industry activity and performance. 
  • EVCA members have the EVCA Library and Research Helpdesk at their disposal, with access to industry data and information at no extra cost. 

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