European buyout value quadruples in 2010

Across the board, private equity activity has improved, with the total value of all transactions up 211% in the first six months of the year.

Total buyout value reached €20.6bn in the first half of 2010, up from just €5.3bn in the first six months of 2009. Buyout volume increased by 56% over the same period, to 167.

Total private equity investment more than doubled to €25.5bn, while volume increased by 23%, with 555 deals completed in H1 2010.

Growth capital investments also made significant headway, with volume up 30% to 158 deals in the second quarter compared with the previous three months. Value was up by an even more impressive 50% to €2.5bn over the same period.

However, early-stage activity continued to decline, with deal volume down 20% to just 48 on a quarterly basis, while value fell 4% to €247m.

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