The voice of #investors in privately held companies in #Europe with €1.25 trillion capital under management/2024 #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #Infrastructure

Brussels, Belgium
Joined May 2012
Launched: new Invest Europe website 🚀 Redesigned. Reimagined. Reinvented. Since 2019, our website has continuously evolved, with more than 30 upgrades delivered along the way. In 2024, we introduced a new member area and undertook a comprehensive review informed by audits, best practices and your feedback. Now, aligned with our five-year strategy, we’ve delivered the next step ‘up’. Our new platform is: ✅ Data-driven ✅ User-focused ✅ Built for performance ✅ Designed for seamless access Whether you’re a member, policymaker, journalist or industry stakeholder, the new Invest Europe website delivers enhanced insights, and improved accessibility to yield greater (shared) impact. Explore the new experience today ➡️ investeurope.eu
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Europe can produce exceptional companies ⚡ Our latest EIF Equity survey finds resilient dealmaking, but an uneven recovery as fundraising and exits remain challenging. And this edition takes a closer look at “fund returners”. 🔎Read more: eif.org/files/publications/e…
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The Q2 2026 EIF Equity Barometer Survey is out! ✔️ Confidence improved across key indicators, while AI continues to attract capital and attention. ❓Is capital returning equally across the market? ⏩ Explore the findings from 538 fund managers: eif.org/files/publications/e…
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Europe has the science. Europe has the talent. Now we need the investment to match. At #Forbion 20th anniversary, my message was clear: the future of biotech in 🇪🇺will not be built by regulation alone. It depends on investors willing to back the next generation of breakthroughs.
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We find it important to support the open letter published by the European Life Sciences Coalition, urging #EU leaders to prioritise #lifesciences for #Europe & a stronger European life science ecosystem: shorturl.at/9DOeV @InvestEuropeEU @EU_Commission #EUpol #EUCommission
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🇪🇺 Europe has built a globally competitive asset class. Yet we still call it “risk capital”. That’s why we invited 500 GPs to #UglyDuck to challenge how this asset class is understood. The #UglyDuck Playbook: from risk capital to innovation capital 👉 engage.eif.org/ugly-duck-pla…
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.@InvestEuropeEU : presentati i dati 2025 sul mercato del private equity europeo. Investiti 135 miliardi di euro in 8.457 imprese aifi.it/it/private-capital-t… #PrivateEquity #MarketTrends #Europe
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LAUNCHED TODAY 🚀 Invest Europe’s data on fundraising, investments and divestments is the most authoritative and comprehensive study on private equity (including listed PE), growth and venture capital activity in Europe. Last year, fundraising and investments rose as market activity continued to recover across the continent. For the first time, our annual Private Equity Activity report has been expanded to include data on continuation funds. Key highlights: 🔹€147bn raised – up 16% year-on-year, the second highest on record 🔹€135bn invested – also the second strongest year to date 🔹Buyout fundraising reached €103bn, supported by renewed North American investor demand 🔹Venture capital investment totalled €20bn – 20% above the five-year average and divestments – across Europe from 2007 to the present day. Read the press release or download the full report here: investeurope.eu/news/newsroo… #ActivityData25 #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #ListedPE #infrastructure
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New Three Seas Initiative partnership 🤝 The @EIF_EU and national promotional institutions will unlock at least €2 billion for infrastructure projects across Central and Eastern Europe, strengthening connectivity, resilience and long-term growth 🔗eif.org/press/all/new-three-…
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Europe has considerable innovation potential. The message is clear: unlocking the financing potential of intellectual property is key to strengthening Europe’s innovation and competitiveness. Access the report: euipo.europa.eu/en/news/inte…
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Europe has the ideas… but not always the funding to bring them to market. A new landmark EUIPO report looks at why EU companies struggle to turn their intellectual property (IP) into funding. Access the report: euipo.europa.eu/en/news/inte…
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The Q1 2026 EIF Equity Survey is out! 🔎 In focus: Strategic autonomy, defence and cybersecurity. ▶️Investment activity and deal flow remain strong, with a cautious outlook on fundraising and exits due to geopolitical realities. Read it here🔗 eif.org/files/publications/e…
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“One small step for ETCI…” 🚀 #ETCI 2.0 will expand participation to more EU countries and, for the first time, bring in private capital to better support Europe’s tech entrepreneurs. 🎥 Bjorn Tremmerie explains what’s next.
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Now is the time for Europe's capital markets union. This was front and centre at: 🔵#EuronextAnnualConference2026 🔵Paris roundtable with investors The @EIB Group is well placed to mobilise investment with scale & speed. Read my LinkedIn article⤵️ bit.ly/SpeedAndScale
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🏆Dual-Use Technology Award 2026 🛡️ goes to Sateliot! The first LEO 5G satellite constellation, connecting standard devices from space. Recognising tech powering both civilian & defence use, strengthening Europe’s strategic autonomy. 👉 More information: bit.ly/4rJ7Ezt
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Today, I joined a roundtable organised by @InvestEuropeEU as part of the European Life Sciences Coalition. At the centre of discussion: ➡️How do we secure 🇪🇺 long-term competitiveness? ➡️How do we ensure that innovation in health, biotech & new technologies remain anchored in 🇪🇺?
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🇩🇪🇪🇺 Together with @BMWE_, we’re expanding EIF German Equity with €1.6bn to: 🔵 strengthen venture capital & growth funds 🔵 mobilise private investment for tech-driven start-ups & scale-ups Building Europe’s next tech leaders. #TechEU More, here: bit.ly/4sAZhXL
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With @UniCreditEurope, we have signed a new #InvestEU guarantee to: 🔵 unlock up to €890m for SMEs in CEE by 2027 🔵 back sustainability, innovation & digitalisation 🔵 open new debt capital market opportunities, including minibonds More, here: bit.ly/3Za5z2P
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❗️From 2026, the BioTechEU initiative will mobilise EUR 10 bn for health biotech innovation and scale-up. This will be continued under the Biotech Act to provide for sustained financial support for European health biotech sector. 🇪🇺🚀
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Productive exchange today with @InvestEuropeEU on strengthening the healthcare ecosystem. We agree on one thing above all: this is a moment of urgency. If Europe wants to stay competitive in biotech and healthcare innovation, we need to act now❗️↩️
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