€7.9 billion of VC money was invested in Europe last year, up from €6.3 billion in 2013 but doen from the record-breaking €10.6 billion of 2001, says Dow Jones VentureSource.
Last year’s investments were driven by a tripling of VC-backed IPOs to 55 raising €3.7 billion compared to the 18 VC-backed IPOs of 2013 which raised €500 million.
Rocket Internet was Europe’s largest VC-backed IPO last year, raising €1.4 billion on the Frankfurt exchange in October.
The two biggest VC investors in Europe last year were High-Tech Gruenderfonds Management of Germany with 51 VC investments and, in second place, a tie between Index Ventures and the Russian Internet Initiatives Development Fund which each made 31 VC investments.
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