Data Snapshot
Sluggish PE market struggles with deal execution, braces for pent-up demand wave
Financing challenges and valuation discrepancies have stymied deal count and volume, but hopes pinned on 4Q 2023 and beyond
Slice of pie: New entrants gobble up GP stakes in Europe
Armen, Hunter Point Capital, GP House and Axa IM rustle up new minority investments, as Inflexion and Coller sell
VC fundraising sinks further with lowest Q1 in a decade
Eight European firms secured just over EUR 2bn in commitments in Q1 2023 as continuing uncertainty suppresses LPs’ risk appetite, but fundraising pipeline looks promising
Spending bottom dollar: Valuation gaps take Q1 buyout levels back to 2009
Sponsors make just 95 buyouts in Europe in the first quarter - a figure not seen since Sony sold 12m floppy discs in one year
Strategics pull back from PE sales as macro uncertainty bites
Share of trade exits hits lowest point in three years as corporates shore up balance sheets to navigate economic woes
Private equity buyouts hit lowest point since COVID
Amid macro uncertainty, sponsors see EUR 44.6bn deployed across 211 buyouts, in the lowest mark since Q3 2020
Sidekick spinoffs: Insurtech scale-ups attract PE interest
Investment set to break EUR 1.1bn mark this year as sponsors seek for rising stars
PE fundraising pipeline offers hope amidst slowdown in H1 2022
Final closes down by almost half so far this year, but a number of "mega-cap" vehicles in coming months could still bolster 2022 fundraising
European Q1 deal value drops amid market volatility
Buyouts in the first quarter fell to EUR 62bn, the lowest level since the recovery from the pandemic started
Specialist healthcare funds on track for another record year
GPs raised EUR 4.4bn with swelling need for healthcare investment but could face challenges in keeping a disciplined deployment
Turning to powder: European take-privates take pause
Public to private transactions are off to a slow start this year but lower prices on stock markets could encourage dealmaking again
Sponsors kick off 2022 with buyout volume down 13% year-on-year
Energy costs, inflation and war in Ukraine cloud deal activity but value holds up with average deal size on the rise
PE impact fundraising surpasses EUR 4bn in 2021
Figures from Unquote Data reflect the increasing prevalence of impact and impact-driven deals
PE activity reaches EUR 392bn in record-breaking 2021
Q4 may have shown signs of a market slowdown, but 2021 nevertheless stands out as a phenomenal year for PE deployment across Europe
Average fund size reaches new heights amid stark market bifurcation
Average buyout fund close for 2021 stands at EUR 1.33bn, more than double the EUR 629m recorded in 2017
Food and beverage buyouts to reach EUR 13bn in 2021
An average of 44 buyouts totaling EUR 5.1bn were completed in the sector from 2011-2020
Announced PE deals fall sharply in October
Could the market have finally reached full capacity following a record-breaking first half of 2021 for M&A?
Healthcare buyouts approach record EUR 30bn in 2021
France has been the source of more than half of the aggregate value recorded to date
DACH VC deal value doubles year on year
VCs have backed DACH region deals with an aggregate value of EUR 15.4bn in 2021 to date
2021 European PE exits already exceeding full 2020 tally
GPs are clearly looking to seize the initiative and clear out portfolios amid a general push to ink deals on the buy-side
European GPs raise record amounts in first nine months of 2021
Raising EUR 105.5bn in aggregate commitments is a 30% increase on the average amount raised in comparable periods over the previous four years
European buyout dealflow up 36% year-on-year in Q3
Europe was home to 346 buyouts worth an aggregate EUR 69.8bn in the third quarter, preliminary figures indicate
European PE activity could reach EUR 400bn mark in 2021
Aggregate value for 2021 to date is already higher than that seen in any full-year on record, with a full quarter still to play out
European IPOs reach seven-year high in first nine months of 2021
Sponsors have been on the ball when it comes to capitalising on the IPO window this year, according to Dealogic data