SWEDEN - SVCA releases 2007 Swedish portfolio companies' statistics

The most important findings were:

• Swedish venture and private equity-backed companies had a yearly increase in the number of employees of 10.6% and growth of turnover of 21.1%.

• Swedish venture and private equity-backed companies had total turnover of SEK 285bn in 2006, which corresponds to 10.7% of Swedish GDP.

• Swedish venture and private equity-backed companies employ 169,000 people in total.

• 93% of the portfolio companies have increased or maintained R&D levels under private equity ownership.

• 46% of the GPs' portfolio companies are based in the Nordics, 32% in the rest of Europe and 21% in North America.

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