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Israeli high-tech companies raise $617m in Q1 2008
29/04/2008. In the first quarter of this year 135 Israeli high-tech companies raised $617m from venture investors, the highest amount in seven years, according to a quarterly survey from the IVC Research Center. The capital raised in the quarter was 52 per cent above that raised by 121 companies in the first quarter of 2007, and 23 per cent above the previous quarter's amount raised by 115 companies.

US private equity fundraising up 32 per cent on year in first quarter
09/04/2008. In the first quarter of 2008, US private equity firms raised $58.5bn in 81 funds, up nearly 32 per cent from the $44.3bn raised in 68 funds during the first quarter of 2007, according to Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst.

Israeli venture capital funds raise $1.1bn in 2007
07/04/2008. Israeli venture capital funds raised $1.1bn in 2007, a 21 per cent increase from the $903m raised in 2006, according to information published in the IVC Research Center's IVC 2008 Yearbook.

Private equity firms invest $3.3bn in India in first quarter
07/04/2008. Private equity firms invested about $3.3bn across 97 deals in India during the quarter ended 31 March 2008, according to Venture Intelligence. The amount was up from the $2.7bn invested during the same period last year, while deal flow was down from 101 deals.

Exit value falls in 2007, CMBOR
03/04/2008. Exit value fell to £23.8bn in 2007, significantly down from the record £26.9bn achieved in 2006, according to the Centre for Management Buy-out Research, a private equity market information provider founded by Barclays Private Equity and Deloitte.

M&As of VC-backed Israeli high tech companies totalled $1.9bn in 2007
26/03/2008. Last year 32 M&A deals involving venture capital-backed Israeli high tech companies accounted for $1.9bn of the $3.2bn total value of M&A deals (75) involving any kind of Israeli high tech companies, according to data from the IVC Online Database, developed and maintained by the IVC Research Center.

VC-backed Israeli high tech companies raise $538m in 13 IPOs in 2007
25/03/2008. Last year VC-backed Israeli high tech companies raised a total of $538m in 13 IPOs, according to data from the IVC Online Database, developed and maintained by the IVC Research Center.

European private equity investment reaches €68.3bn - preliminary figures
19/03/2008. European equity capital invested in 2007 could exceed the €71bn of 2006, according to preliminary figures released by PEREP_Analytics, a new and independent data-gathering body endorsed by the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and 14 national associations in Europe. Preliminary figures in 2006 showed lower investment levels than in the current data for 2007. Final figures for 2007 may, therefore, be revised upwards from the current €68.3bn.

US Web 2.0 investment jumps 88 per cent in 2007 to $1.34bn
19/03/2008. Last year venture capitalists invested a record $1.34bn into 178 Web 2.0 deals in the US, up nearly 88 per cent over amounts invested in 2006, according to new data announced by Dow Jones VentureSource.

European private equity funds raise €74.3bn in 2007, EVCA preliminary figures
18/03/2008. European private equity funds raised a total of €74.3bn in 2007, according to preliminary figures released by PEREP_Analytics, a new and independent data-gathering body endorsed by the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and 14 national associations in Europe.

European private equity shows stable performance in 2007
17/03/2008. The European private equity industry has produced a net IRR of 11.7 per cent in 2007, with buy-outs and venture capital returning 16.1 per cent and 4.5 per cent, respectively, according to preliminary figures compiled by Thomson Financial in collaboration with the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. These returns were on a pooled average basis.

Cleantech venture capital investment in 2007 jumps 43 per cent to $3bn
29/02/2008. Venture capitalists invested a record $3bn in 221 cleantech deals worldwide in 2007, a 43 per cent increase over the $2.1bn invested in 173 similar deals in 2006, according to new data released by Dow Jones VentureSource.

Buy-and-build activity reaches record levels in 2007, study
22/02/2008. Last year saw a record number of 385 follow-on acquisitions by private equity-backed businesses, according to ten year study on the buy-and-build strategies of private equity-owned portfolio companies in Europe, released by mid-market private equity firm PPM Capital in conjunction with Mergermarket.

Venture capital investment in China up to $2.49bn in 2007
20/02/2008. In 2007 venture capitalists invested $2.49bn across 241 deals in China, according to the China Quarterly Venture Capital Report, released by Dow Jones VentureSource. The amount invested was the highest since 2001, when $2.87bn was invested in 62 deals. It represents a five per cent increase over 2006, although deal flow was down by 14 deals in 2007.

Value of European buy-outs in 2007 at €175bn
13/02/2008. Last year the value of European buy-outs increased by 0.7 per cent to €175.3bn from €174bn in 2006, according to the latest European Buyout Review by Incisive Media in association with Bridgepoint. The volume of deals was up six per cent to 775 transactions in 2007.

PE industry invests heavily in research, development - BVCA report
13/02/2008. Private equity-backed companies continue to be a major driver of the UK economy, The Economic Impact of Private Equity in the UK report published by The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association confirms. In the five years to 2006/2007, in private equity-backed companies, research and development expenditure increased by 14 per cent per annum, compared to a national growth rate of just one per cent per annum.

Mid-Atlantic VCs more active in Q4 2007 than a year ago
06/02/2008. In Q4 2007 a total of 89 per cent of the regional investors closed at least one new investment, compared to 64 per cent in the previous quarter and 72 per cent in Q4 2006, according to the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association's venture capital survey results for the fourth quarter of 2007.

European venture capital investment in 2007 reaches highest total since 2002
05/02/2008. Venture capital investment in European companies topped €4.56bn in 2007, the highest annual total since 2002, when it reached €5.14bn, according to the quarterly European Venture Capital Report published by Dow Jones VentureSource. However, Europe’s deal count fell for the sixth year in a row with 897 deals completed, ten per cent fewer than in 2006 (998).

India venture capital investment tops $540m in 2007
30/01/2008. Venture capital firms invested $543m across 98 deals in India during 2007, up from the $500m invested in 94 deals in 2006, according to a study published by Venture Intelligence in partnership with the US-India Venture Capital Association.

UK PE industry generates £5.4bn in fee income for financial services sector
22/01/2008. The latest piece of research published by The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association confirms that the private equity industry has become a major force in the British economy. The UK private equity industry generated a total of £5.4bn of income for the financial and professional services sector in the financial year 2006-2007. This figure represents 12 per cent of the total annual revenue of the UK financial services industry, according a study entitled The Impact of Private Equity as a UK Financial Service 2006/7, conducted by Arbor Square Associates on behalf of the BVCA.

UK small and medium-sized companies happy with PE investor-investee relationship
21/01/2008. A total of 86 per cent of small and medium-sized companies surveyed in September and October 2007 said they have a good relationship with their private equity backers, according to UK private equity firm Bowmark Capital's first Bowmark Entrepreneurs' Index.

Large buy-out investment boosts employment figures in US, PEC study finds
18/01/2008. Acquisitions of large companies by major US-based private equity firms between 2002 and 2005 resulted in significant net gains in US employment, according to a study published by the Private Equity Council.

Private equity and venture capital professionals' UK economic outlook negative
17/01/2008. Private equity and venture capital professionals view the UK economy in 2008 with concern as 70 per cent of BVCA member companies say that they expect the UK's economic environment to get worse over the course of the year, according to a new YouGov poll published by The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA).

European venture capital investment in 2007 down seven per cent from previous year
16/01/2008. The amount of disclosed venture capital invested in companies in Europe dropped to €5.27bn in 2007, a decrease of 6.6 per cent from the €5.64bn invested in 2006, according to Library House.

US venture fundraising in 2007 reaches highest level since 2001
16/01/2008. Last year a total of 235 US venture capital firms raised $34.7bn - the highest level since 2001 when venture capitalists raised $38.8bn in 318 funds, according to Thomson Financial and the US National Venture Capital Association. The number of funds raised in 2007 increased by a modest 2.6 per cent from 2006, while dollar value increased by 9.4 per cent from 2006.

European venture-backed IPO activity down in 2007
15/01/2008. A total of 38 venture-backed European companies completed IPOs in 2007, raising €893.6m. This is down 49 per cent from 2006, which saw €1.74bn raised through 89 venture-backed IPOs, according to the European Liquidity Report from Dow Jones VentureSource.

US fundraising up 19 per cent in 2007
09/01/2008. US private equity firms raised $302bn in 415 funds last year, up 19 per cent over the $255bn (raised in 404 funds) in 2006, according to Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst.

US venture-backed liquidity reaches $52.9bn in 2007
07/01/2008. The annual total for venture-backed liquidity reached $52.9bn in 2007, the highest annual total since 2000, according to the Quarterly U.S. Liquidity Report from Dow Jones VentureSource.

Venture capital investment on pace to reach highest annual total since 2001
07/12/2007. Global venture capital investment is expected to top $40bn at the close of the fourth quarter, according to a global year-end analysis by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young. This would be the highest annual total since 2001.

Venture capital investment in India reaches $777m in first nine months
04/12/2007. Venture capitalists invested more than $777m across 57 deals in India during the first three quarters of 2007, according to the Quarterly India Venture Capital Report, published for the first time by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young. This was nearly five times the $158m invested during the first nine months of 2006 and more than twice the annual investment record of $320m set in 2005.

Venture capital firms invested $677m in Mainland China in third quarter
14/11/2007. Venture capital firms invested $677m across 59 deals in Mainland China during the third quarter of 2007. This is a five per cent increase over the $645m (invested in 76 deals) during the same period last year, according to the China Quarterly Venture Capital Report released by Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne.

Canadian venture capital investment in Q3 up on quarter and year
14/11/2007. The capital invested by funds into Canadian businesses increased in the third quarter of 2007 on both a year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter basis, according to the CVCA and Thomson Financial. A total of CAN$512m was disbursed across the country, up 17 per cent from the CAN$438m invested in the prior quarter, and up 47 per cent from the CAN$347m disbursed in Q3 2006.

Buy-out funds invest $3.3bn in Canadian companies in Q3
13/11/2007. During the three-month period ending 30 September 2007, buy-out funds invested a total of $3.3bn in Canadian companies in a total of 39 reported transactions, according to Canada's Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and Thomson Financial. In comparison, $12.2bn was invested in 107 reported buy-outs of Canadian companies during the full year of 2006.

EVCA study: family offices allocate more capital to private equity
13/11/2007. Family offices have been increasing their allocations to private equity and this trend is likely to continue, according to a new study by the European Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and the IMD Business School of Lausanne.

Q3 European venture capital investment up on year and quarter
06/11/2007. European venture capital investment climbed to €1.18bn in the third quarter of 2007, up from €968m invested in the same quarter last year and the €1.15bn invested in Q2 2007, according to the Quarterly European Venture Capital Report by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young.

US venture capital investment reaches $8bn in Q3 2001
24/10/2007. US venture capital investment climbed eight per cent in the third quarter of 2007 compared to the same period last year to reach $8.07bn, according to the Quarterly Venture Capital Report released today by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young.

US private equity funds raise $199bn in first nine months
11/10/2007. US private equity firms raised $199.4bn in 295 funds during the first three quarters of 2007, a 29 per cent increase over the $154.1bn raised in 232 funds during the same period in 2006, according to Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst.

Cleantech venture capital investments on the rise
02/10/2007. Global venture capital investments in clean technology companies surged to $1.1bn in the first six months of 2007 alone, according to Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne.

US VC-backed M&A activity reaches $10.5bn in Q3
02/10/2007. In the third quarter of this year 90 venture-backed companies raised more than $10.5bn in M&A transactions, a 31 per cent increase over the $7.9bn raised during the same period last year; the highest quarterly amount since 2000, according to the Quarterly U.S. Liquidity Report released by Dow Jones VentureOne.

Web 2.0 venture capital investment activity goes global
19/09/2007. Venture capital investment in Web 2.0 companies, until recently pretty much limited to the San Francisco Bay area, has expanded into other parts of the US and into Europe and Israel, according to Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young.

Emerging markets private equity funds raise $21.5bn in first half of 2007
19/09/2007. A total of 107 private equity funds focused on investing in the emerging markets of Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa raised a combined $21.5bn in capital commitments in the first half of 2007, compared to $33.2bn raised by 162 funds in all of 2006, the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association reported.

European venture capital investment reaches €1.1bn in Q2 2007
05/09/2007. European venture capital investment reached €1.14bn in Q2 2007 despite a drop in deal flow to 213 in Q2 2007 from 223 in Q1 and 265 in the same period last year, according to the quarterly European Venture Capital Report by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young. The amount of capital was slightly up from both the €1.11bn invested in Q1 2007 and the €1.09bn invested in Q2 2006.

UK venture-backed companies raised £1.4bn in institutional capital in 2006
21/08/2007. Last year 1,668 venture-backed UK companies raised a total of just under £1.4bn, an increase of 27 per cent from 2005, according to research commissioned by UBS Wealth Management and released by Library House.

Canadian buy-outs hit new record in second quarter
16/08/2007. Buy-out firms invested a record CAN$55.6bn across 52 transactions in the second quarter of 2007, according to a quarterly report released by Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and Thomson Financial. This is up from the 44 transactions recorded during the first quarter, totalling CAN$5.4bn.

Venture capital investment in China at $560m in second quarter
15/08/2007. Venture capital firms invested a total of $560m in 55 deals in Mainland China in the second quarter of this year, up from the $375m invested in 41 deals in the first quarter and but down from the $661m invested across 70 deals in Q2 2006, according to the China Quarterly Venture Capital Report released by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young.

Canadian venture capital investment declines in second quarter
15/08/2007. A total of CAN$426m in venture capital was invested across Canada during the second quarter of 2007, representing a decline of approximately 30 per cent from the CAN$606m invested in the first quarter, and a 12 per cent drop from Q2 2006, according to a quarterly report released by Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and Thomson Financial.

US venture capital investment volume in second quarter at highest level since 2001
09/08/2007. Venture capitalists invested $7.1bn in 977 deals in the US in the second quarter of 2007, the highest level of deals reported in a quarter since Q3 2001, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the US National Venture Capital Association based on data provided by Thomson Financial.

US VC performance continues to show positive returns across most investment horizons
03/08/2007. US venture capital performance continued to show positive returns across most investment horizons ending 31 March 2007, according to Thomson Financial and the US National Venture Capital Association.

US venture capital fundraising plunges 62 per cent in second quarter from Q2 2006
01/08/2007. US venture capital firms raised $3.23bn in the second quarter of 2007, a 62 per cent drop from the same period last year and the biggest decline since 2002, according to Dow Jones VentureOne. The quarter saw 15 venture capital funds raised, compared to 25 a year ago, and was the lowest quarterly fund total since the first quarter of 2003.

US venture capital investment increased to $7.4bn in Q2 from $6.9bn in Q2 last year
25/07/2007. US companies attracted $7.4bn of venture capital investment in the second quarter of 2007, an increase of eight per cent over the same period last year, according to the Quarterly Venture Capital Report released by Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne. The quarterly deal count also rose eight per cent to reach 717 deals, the highest deal volume since 2001.

Venture capital firms invest $112m in India during Q2
19/07/2007. Venture capital firms invested about $112m across 19 deals in India during the second quarter of 2007, up from $40m invested in 13 deals in Q2 2006, but down from the $130m and 20 deals in Q1 2007, according to a study by Venture Intelligence in partnership with the US-India Venture Capital Association.

Sir David Walker puts forward ideas on how to tackle transparency issues
17/07/2007. Sir David Walker has published an initial Disclosure and Transparency in Private Equity consultation document. In it he lists ideas on how the private equity industry should tackle issues that have caused a heated public debate. Sir David has worked with an advisory group consisting of leading private equity professionals and is now seeking a wider debate based on the consultation document. The consultation period runs until 9 October.

European venture capital investment in Q2 down on quarter and year
13/07/2007. In the second quarter of 2007 less than €1.4bn of venture capital was invested in Europe, down slightly from Q1 and substantially down from the €1.7bn invested in the second quarter of 2006, according to data released by Library House.

US venture-backed company valuations up on year, down on quarter
08/06/2007. The median pre-money valuation for US venture capital-backed companies dropped from the six-year high it reached late last year, but remains higher than a year ago, according to the latest quarterly valuation report from Dow Jones VentureOne. It reached $18.5m in the first quarter of 2007, up from the $16.4m in Q1 2006 but down from $20m in Q4 2006.

Venture capital investment up in Québec in Q1 2007
16/05/2007. Venture capital investment in Québec increased to $175m in Q1 2007 from $116m invested at the same time last year, according to Réseau Capital and Thomson Financial.

European venture capital investment down in first quarter, report
14/05/2007. Venture capital investment in Europe was down to €1.4bn in Q1 2007 from €1.6bn in the Q4 2006. Furthermore, several substantial exits mean that there has been a €627m net outflow of equity capital from venture-backed companies during Q1 2007, representing almost two per cent of the total, according to figures released by Library House.

European venture capital investment in Q1 down on quarter, down on year
09/05/2007. Venture capital investment into European in the first quarter of this year was down to €1.07bn invested in 207 financings from the €1.21bn invested in 233 deals in Q1 2006 and also down from the €1.18bn invested in 226 deals in Q4 2006, according to the quarterly European Venture Capital Report released by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young.

Israeli high-tech companies raise $406m in Q1 2007
01/05/2007. In the first quarter of this year 121 Israeli high-tech companies raised $406m from venture investors, up 13 per cent from the $360m raised by 101 companies in the first quarter of 2006, but down 15 per cent from the previous quarter's $477m raised by 105 companies, according to the Quarterly Survey conducted by the IVC Research Center.

Venture capital investment in China reaches $2.18bn in 2006
25/04/2007. Venture capital investment into Chinese companies reached $2.18bn in 2006, according to ChinaVenture's 2006 Venture Capital Report for the Chinese Market. The amount was up from $1.43bn in 2005.

US venture capital investment in Q1 up eight per cent from same quarter last year
24/04/2007. Venture capital investment into US-headquartered companies climbed eight per cent in the first quarter of 2007 to $6.96bn from $6.42bn in Q1 2006, according to the Quarterly Venture Capital Report released by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young. Deal count reached 584 deals for the quarter, down by 31 deals from the first quarter of 2006.

Cleantech venture capital investment totals $903m in Q1 2007
19/04/2007. North American and European venture investment in the cleantech category totalled $903m in the first quarter of this year, representing a 16.5 per cent increase over the $775m invested in Q4 2006 and a 42 per cent increase over the $634 million invested in Q1 2006, according to Cleantech Venture Network researchers.

US venture capital fundraising in Q1 2007 up on quarter, down on year
18/04/2007. In the first quarter of this year 56 venture capital funds raised $4.9bn, an increase of 19.5 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2006, when 56 funds took in $4.1bn in commitments, according to Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association in the US. However, when compared to the first quarter of 2006, this quarter posted a 25.7 per cent decline. In fact, venture fundraising during the first three months of 2007 was at the lowest level for an opening quarter since the first quarter of 2004.

Venture capital firms invest $130m in India in first quarter
16/04/2007. Venture capital firms invested about $130m across 20 deals in India during the first quarter of 2007, according to a study by Venture Intelligence in partnership with the US-India Venture Capital Association.

Q1 fundraising continues to speed in the US
10/04/2007. Coming off a record breaking fund-raising year for 2006, US private equity houses have continued their rapid pace, raising $44.3bn among 68 funds in the first quarter of 2007, according to Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst. This is up 67 per cent from the 46 funds that raised $26.6bn in the first quarter of 2006.

US venture-backed IPOs raise $1.2bn in Q1
03/04/2007. A total of 13 US-headquartered venture-backed companies completed IPOs in the first quarter, raising $1.2bn, up from $599.2m in Q1 2006, according to the Quarterly Liquidity Report from Dow Jones VentureOne. The number of IPOs was the same as in Q1 2006.

Venture-backed M&A activity declines in Q1 2007
03/04/2007. Venture-backed M&A activity declined significantly to 62 transactions in Q1 2007 from 104 in the same quarter last year, but increased slightly from the 57 transactions completed in Q4 2006, according to the Exit Poll report by Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association.

Global venture capital investment in Web 2.0 companies increases to $850m in 2006
21/03/2007. Venture capitalists around the world invested $844.4m into 167 Web 2.0 deals in 2006, more than twice as much capital and nearly twice as many deals as occurred in 2005, according to Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne.

Israeli venture capital fundraising down to $473m last year from $1.46bn in 2005
14/03/2007. Israeli venture capital funds raised only $473m in 2006, representing a 67 per cent decline from the $1.46bn raised in 2005, according to the Annual Survey of Israeli Venture Capital Fund Raising, conducted by IVC Research Center.

Venture Capital firms invest $508m in India during 2006
07/03/2007. Venture Capital firms invested $508m across 92 deals in India during 2006, according to a study by Venture Intelligence in partnership with the US-India Venture Capital Association. This was up from 44 deals totalling $268m in 2005.

Emerging markets private equity funds raise $33bn in 2006
01/03/2007. A total of 162 private equity funds focused on investing in the emerging markets of Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa raised $33.2bn in capital commitments in 2006, according to data from the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association. This represents a 29 per cent increase over the $25.8bn raised in 2005.

Cleantech segment continues to grow
27/02/2007. The cleantech segment across China, Europe, Israel, and the US saw $1.28bn invested in 140 financing rounds in 2006, according to new global research from Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young. This was up significantly from $664.1m and 103 financings in 2005. However, while the investment levels are growing, cleantech remains a relatively small portion of the overall venture capital market.

Japanese LPs weighing into private equity faster than ever before
21/02/2007. Investment allocation to private equity by Japanese companies is expected to rise over the next two to five years, according to a study completed by Adveq and Kyoto University. The survey, Adveq’s first full-market survey on the attitudes of Japanese institutional investors towards private equity, revealed that 25.2 per cent of Japanese institutions are already investing in private equity; the majority of these only began doing so after 2000. The study also reveals that Japanese investors’ allocation to private equity, by percentage of assets under management, will triple in the next two to five years.

US venture valuations return to 2000 values
21/02/2007. US venture capital-backed companies are being valued at the highest level since 2000, according to the latest research from Dow Jones VentureOne. The median pre-money valuation of US venture-backed companies reached $18.5m for 2006, up from $15.9m in 2005.

European and North American cleantech venture investment totals $3.6bn in 2006
16/02/2007. North American and European venture capital investment in the cleantech category reached a record $3.6bn in 2006, representing a significant increase from the $2.5bn invested in 2005 and the $1.7bn invested in 2004, according to the Cleantech Venture Network.

Venture capital providers invest $1.89bn in Chinese companies in 2006
14/02/2007. Venture capital investment in companies headquartered in Mainland China reached the highest point in three years with 214 deals completed and $1.89bn invested in 2006, according to the China Quarterly Venture Capital Report released by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young. Deal flow was up 37 per cent from 156 deals and the invested capital increased 55 per cent from $1.22bn 2005.

European venture capital investment exceeds €4bn in 2006
07/02/2007. Venture capital investment into European companies topped €4.12bn in 2006, the highest annual investment amount since 2002 (€5.05bn), according to the quarterly European Venture Capital Report released by Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne.

US venture capital funds raise $24bn in 2006
31/01/2007. US venture capital firms closed 95 funds in 2006, raising $24.33bn, according to Dow Jones VentureOne. This is 29 fewer funds than were raised in 2005 although the total amount of capital was only slightly down from the $24.94bn raised in 2005.

US private equity performance remains steady in Q3 2006
31/01/2007. Private equity performance in the US was steady in both the short and long-term horizons for the period ending 30 September 2006, according to Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association. Compared with the period ending Q2 2006, both the buy-out and venture capital asset classes showed very little fluctuation across all time horizons and continued to outperform both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ markets in the long term.

Venture capital investment into US companies close to $26bn in 2006
22/01/2007. With 2,454 deals completed and $25.75bn of capital invested, venture capital investment into US-headquartered companies reached the highest annual deal count and capital investment since 2001 when $36.43bn was put into 3,308 deals, according to the Quarterly Venture Capital Report released by Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne.

Number of European venture-backed IPOs in 2006 highest since 2000
19/01/2007. European venture-backed companies completed a total of 91 IPOs in 2006, reaching the highest annual level since 2000 (183 IPOs) and outpacing US liquidity activity in the same period, according to the European Liquidity Report from Dow Jones VentureOne. The total amount of capital raised by these IPOs, however, reached only €1.75bn, a 19 per cent decline from the €2.16bn raised by IPOs in 2005.

2006 sees private equity companies invest $7.5bn in India
02/01/2007. PE houses invested a record $7.5bn across 299 deals in India during 2006, according to a study by Venture Intelligence. The final quarter witnessed PE companies investing $2.6bn across 67 deals.

Venture-backed IPOs increase in US during Q4 2006
02/01/2007. Q4 proved to be the best quarter for US venture-backed companies to achieve public market exits in 2006, with 18 initial public offerings completed, according to research by Dow Jones VentureOne. The IPOs raised an aggregate total of $1.23bn.

Venture capital investment on track to top $32bn in 2006
12/12/2006. By the end of this year venture capital investment could have topped $32bn, according to a global year end analysis by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young. In the first three quarters of 2006 a total of $25.39bn was invested. Venture capital activity in the US, Europe, China and Israel is poised to hit a five-year high and register the highest annual investments since 2001 ($51.22bn in four quarters), the study predicts.

Danger: global infrastructure funds may prove dangerous to private equity houses' health
30/11/2006. Both investors and lenders need to be fully aware of the credit risks arising from the recent rise of global infrastructure funds, says new research by Standard & Poor's, with credit quality suffering across the sector as infrastructure assets adopt aggressive balance sheets in an attempt to fend off private equity players.

North American and European cleantech investment for Q3 tops the $1bn mark
30/11/2006. Cleantech Venture Network researchers have reported that North American and European cleantech investment totalled $1.081bn for the third quarter of 2006.

Venture valuations double in the US
30/11/2006. US venture capital-backed companies are being valued almost twice as high as they were a year ago, according to the latest quarterly valuation report from VentureOne. The median pre-money valuation of US venture-backed companies reached $20.4m in the third quarter of 2006, up from $11.8m in the third quarter of 2005.

European venture capital fundraising continues at slow pace in Q3
27/11/2006. A total of five European venture capital firms raised €451.7m in the third quarter of 2006, down from ten venture capital funds raising €903.8m in the third quarter of 2005, according to Dow Jones VentureOne.

Venture capital investing in China in Q3 up 47 per cent from last year
14/11/2006. Venture capital investing in companies headquartered in mainland China is up to 54 deals and $361.1m of equity invested in the third quarter of 2006 from 38 deals and $245.1m invested in Q3 2005, according to the China Quarterly Venture Capital Report released by Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne.

Israeli high tech companies raise $381m in third quarter
08/11/2006. In the third quarter of this year 87 Israeli high tech companies raised $381m from venture investors, both local and foreign. The quarterly amount was down six per cent from the $404m raised in the previous quarter but up 13 per cent from the $336 raised in the third quarter of 2005, according to the Quarterly Survey conducted by the IVC Research Center in cooperation with the Israel Venture Association.

Venture capital investment in Europe reaches €2.97bn
08/11/2006. European venture capitalists have invested €2.97bn in companies during the first three quarters of this year, exceeding the amount invested in the same period of 2005 (€2.83bn). Venture capital investment in Europe is poised to surpass last year's annual total of €3.86bn, according to the quarterly European Venture Capital Report released by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young.

German institutions are to further increase their commitments to private equity
25/10/2006. German institutional investors plan to increase capital committed to private equity investments from currently two per cent to 2.2 per cent over the next three years, according to the latest Adveq study, conducted in conjunction with the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden.

US venture capital investing continues to outpace last year's activity
24/10/2006. For the third quarter in a row, US venture capital investing continued to outpace last year's activity, with $6.36bn directed to 611 deals, compared to $6.04bn and 599 deals in the third quarter of 2005, according to the Quarterly Venture Capital Report released by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young.

In Q3 venture-backed European IPOs raise significantly less than in Q3 2005
19/10/2006. Venture-backed European IPOs raised €116.7m in Q3 2006, a decline of 68 per cent from a year ago (€361.2m), according to the European Liquidity Report from Dow Jones VentureOne. The number of IPOs was actually up to 14 from 12 in Q3 2005.

US venture capital fundraising in third quarter down on quarter and year
17/10/2006. A total of 52 US venture capital funds raised $4.9bn in the third quarter of 2006, down from the $13.4bn raised by 62 funds in Q2 2006 and the $5.6bn raised by 62 funds in Q3 2005, according to Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association.

Private equity firms invest $2bn in India in Q3 2006
11/10/2006. Private equity firms have invested $2bn across 100 deals in the quarter ended September 2006, compared to the $1.9bn invested in 70 deals in Q2 2006 and the $700m invested in 31 deals in the third quarter of last year, according to a study by Venture Intelligence.

US private equity firms raise $172.2bn in three quarters
11/10/2006. US private equity firms raised $172.2bn in 253 funds in the first three quarters of 2006, an increase of about 72 per cent in capital from this point last year, according to Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst.

US venture-backed IPOs and M&As slow in third quarter
03/10/2006. The exit environment for US venture-backed companies slowed somewhat in the third quarter of 2006, with eight IPOs and 97 M&A transactions completed, according to the Quarterly Liquidity Report from Dow Jones VentureOne. The figures are down from 16 IPOs in Q2 2006 and 17 IPOs in Q3 2005, and from 106 M&As in Q2 2006 and 111 in Q3 2005.

Q2 European venture capital fundraising up on quarter, down on year
27/09/2006. European venture capital firms closed seven funds, raising a total of €562m in the second quarter of 2006, according to Dow Jones VentureOne. The amount is up from the €457m raised in the first quarter of this year, but down from the €1.01bn raised in the second quarter of 2005.

GPs now looking for defensible positions and reliable cash flows in the auto sector
26/09/2006. Private equity firms investing in the automotive market are shifting their focus from component suppliers to the aftermarket, as they seek more defensible positions which generate reliable cash flows, says a new research report.

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