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‘’Enterprising Capital’’

This data only reports private equity and venture capital firms' equity investments and generally does not include debt.

The research is authoritative for the Dutch private equity and venture capital market. By using a questionnaire and reliable public sources, the research covers around 95% of investments by Dutch parties as well as around 95% of investments in Dutch companies. Members as well as non-members of the NVP contribute to the research.

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2018 STRONG YEAR FOR DUTCH STARTUPS, NETHERLANDS IN EUROPEAN TOP FOR BUYOUTS

Record of venture capital investments to start-ups, rise in number of smaller buyouts, exceptionally strong fundraising for venture capital, buyout funds invest record amount.

€ 387 MILLION OF VENTURE CAPITAL TO 293 YOUNG AND FAST GROWING COMPANIES, A NEW RECORD
€ 481 MILLION OF GROWTH CAPITAL TO 72 SCALE-UPS AND OTHER FAST GROWING COMPANIES
€ 5 BILLION OF BUYOUTS TO 94 DUTCH COMPANIES, TWO OF THE LARGEST EUROPEAN BUYOUTS OF 2018 IN THE NETHERLANDS
€ 1.3 BILLION OF NEW FUNDS RAISED BY DUTCH VENTURE CAPITALISTS, HIGHEST AMOUNT EVER. ESPECIALLY LIFE SCIENCES FUNDS POPULAR
€ 782 MILLION OF NEW PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS [GROWTH CAPITAL, BUYOUT, MEZZANINE, GENERALIST STRATEGIES]
86 START-UPS, 114 MATURE COMPANIES SOLD

The Nederlandse Vereniging van Participatiemaatschappijen (NVP) is the trade body for private equity and venture capital in the Netherlands. Every year NVP publishes, in cooperation with its international partners, numbers on the activity of private equity and venture capital in the Netherlands.

See for more detailed information the detailed graphs on Investments, Divestments and Fundraising.

Some examples of venture capital investments from 2018: