Venture investment in Europe holds up
The following data is courtesy of James Brocket of Headhunters CallibreOne. They do a lot of work for VC backed companies and compile stats on activity in the sector:
- More venture capital was put to work in Europe in Q1 than ever before - the $1.3bn total was way higher than the previous peak in Q107
- UK was leading the charge with $592m of deals - which is more than the previous three quarters combined
- The average deal size for Europe broke $10m for the first time - largely on the back of some big deals in the UK, including $100m in Spinvox
- The average deal size in the UK was $11.9m which is higher than the US figure of $11.6m
April 25th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Oh stop it Nick - stop it right now!
You can twist the figures all you like CalibreOne but I want someone to actually publish a list of UK internet companies in the last year that have received investment from UK and European VC’s…
Anyone dare?
April 25th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
The numbers don’t lie Phil
April 28th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Good points (Nic and Phil) - we need some lists…..
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