The
BVCA private equity and venture capital report on investment activity 2007 is based on a full set of responses from the BVCA’s members. The data within it, which has been collated and analysed by PricewaterhouseCoopers, represents the most comprehensive study available on the UK’s private equity and venture capital industry.
This year’s report highlights that 2007 was another strong year for investment activity, fundraising and divestments, showing once again the strength, depth-of-knowledge and experience within the UK private equity and venture capital industry.
Worldwide investment by UK-based private equity firms reached £31.6 billion in 2007, a strong increase on the already impressive total of £21.9 billion in 2006. The UK private equity business has become truly global and last year it took an even greater step in this direction.
Private equity firms based in the UK now invest considerably more by volume in continental Europe, the US and elsewhere than they do in the UK itself. The UK is increasingly seen as the gateway to Europe and, as the increasing asset flows to destinations outside Europe attest, a world capital for private equity. It reflects a depth of knowledge built up over decades, a favourable regulatory environment and unparalleled access to capital.
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