Real Deals – European private equity supports 4,000 companies in 2009

“Preliminary figures for 2009 have showed that private equity supported more than 4,000 companies in Europe during the year, backing them with €21bn of new equity.

While the total level of investment was well down on previous years, the number of companies backed remained high, according to figures from EVCA, showing that private equity remains a vital source of funding to Europe’s small and medium-sized enterprises”. writes Real Deal

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