"European venture capital investment reached €66.2 billion in 2025, roughly 22% of what was invested in the United States. The disparity is most severe at later stages: EU growth funding amounts to approximately 10% of US volumes."
"European pension and insurance funds account for only 7% of VC investments, compared with roughly 20% in the US. Sovereign wealth funds participate in less than 1% of European VC fundraising."
"The EIF, which already backs about 25% of all venture capital invested in Europe and supports nearly half of all VC-backed startups in a typical year, has been the primary instrument for closing this gap."
The European Investment Fund is raising €15 billion for ETCI 2 to unlock €80 billion in scaleup funding across Europe. Germany's WIN initiative aims for €12 billion by 2030, while France's Tibi programme has pledged €7 billion in private capital. The European Commission's Scaleup Europe Fund is deploying €5 billion, and the European Innovation Council has a €10 billion budget through 2027. Despite these efforts, Europe still lags behind the US in venture capital investment, particularly at later stages, raising concerns about the effectiveness of this funding.
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