EVCA Research Statistics - Fundraising
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The fundraising figures refer to the capital that a private equity house raises to create an investment fund. These funds are raised from private, corporate or institutional investors, who make commitments to the fund which will be invested by the private equity house.
Annual Survey 200914 June 2010
These figures represent annual funds raised by private equity and venture capital management companies located in Europe.
- Fundraising by European private equity houses reached €16bn in 2009, 80% below the €81bn raised in 2008.
- Banks became the main source of capital, with 18% of all contributions to private equity, as a result of the sharp decrease in pension funds and funds-of-funds commitments (-90% and -81% from 2008 respectively).
- UK players still accounted for the largest amount of funds raised at €5.4bn or one-third of the total. France was second with 13% (€2.1bn raised) and Italy third with 12% (€1.9bn raised).
- In 2009, 89% of the funds raised were contributed by independent sources and 9% by captives.
- Most commitments came from European investors in 2009 and non-European LPs contributed 15% to the funds raised.
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Source
These figures are extracted from the EVCA Annual Survey of Pan-European Private Equity & Venture Capital Activity 2009 contained within the EVCA Yearbook 2010, which also includes an editorial section giving accounts of the industry today and providing a valuable illustration to the statistics.
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