Media Coverage Highlights: September 2024

September was an exciting month for Invest Europe, with strong media coverage highlighting the impact of Private Equity (PE)?and Venture Capital (VC)?across the continent.

We launched our Venture Capital Report?and hosted the Venture Capital Forum, sparking headlines about VC's role in tackling climate change, advancing digital innovation, and driving the EU’s future ambitions.?

???Featured in publications like B?rsen-Zeitung , Portfolio Adviser , and Euractiv .

Fuelling Europe’s future: How venture capital drives innovation and growth

With billions invested in start-ups that tackle climate change and drive digital advances, Europe’s VC industry is not just keeping pace - it’s powering the EU’s ambitions and setting the stage for a brighter future, argues Invest Europe CEO Eric de Montgolfier .

Europe’s venture capital shines in terms of returns

European start-up investors have outperformed their US counterparts in terms of returns over the past ten years, according to a study Invest Europe, and also performed better than the public stock markets since records began.

Invest Europe: VC balloons across continent in last decade

Invest Europe’s new report entitled Venture Capital: Fuelling European Innovation shows that the continent’s VC investment last year was nearly two-and-a-half times greater than it had been a decade earlier.

Additionally, we spotlighted how PE and VC investments are transforming sectors such as sustainability, healthcare, and industrial innovation—outperforming expectations and benefiting savers and pensioners alike.?

???Coverage in Euractiv ?and Funds Society International , with expert insights from Elias Korosis (Corossis) .

Elias Korosis: “Private equity is a transformative asset that rewards investors with double-digit returns”

Europe continues to benefit from long-term trends such as sustainability, healthcare growth, and industrial innovation, with increasing private equity penetration in these areas, argues the Invest Europe Chair Elect, pointing to Invest Europe data showing that 5% of the European workforce works in private equity-owned companies.

Private equity outperforming public markets, key to EU competitiveness agenda success

Private equity and venture capital have become indispensable engines of Europe’s economic dynamism, with Invest Europe ’s Performance Benchmark report, published in June, demonstrating the high returns that investments in private equity and venture capital generate, not just for investors but for pensioners and savers too.

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