The EVCA Yearbook is the most comprehensive source for European private equity and venture capital activity data, collected from more than 1,200 private equity firms. The data includes annual figures on:

i) The amount of funds raised by European private equity and venture capital managers, including breakdowns on stage focus,l sources of funds by type of institutional investor and geographic source.
ii) Reports on levels of private equity and venture capital investment into European companies including splits by stage focus, syndication and sectors. Investments are shown by “Industry Statistics” (= location of the investment firm) and “Market Statistics” (= location of the portfolio company).
iii) Exit types (e.g. Trade sale, IPO, Write off) are reported by number of companies divested as well as their equity amount at cost by stage, sector and geography. Divestment amounts at cost reflect what equity amount was initially invested. In consequence, no direct insights can be drawn on actual returns.