Initial Public Offerings and Venture Capital in Germany



Current Status of the German Venture Capital Market and Its Comparison to the
US, UK and France

Table 2: Comparative VC Figures for Germany, France, UK and the US in 2001/199934

Germany

France

UK

US

Portfolio at Cost (for the
U.S.: Capital under
Management) in Billion35

€ 15.8/7.9

€ 17.4/5.3

€ 39.8/28.0

US $ 209.8/142.9

New Funds Raised in
Billion

€ 3.7/3.8

€ 5.5/4.3

€ 20.5/9.9

US $ 40.3/58.8

Type of Investors Offering
New Funds in %

Banks

32/40

40/25

10/26

Banks + Insurance

Insurance Companies

21/11

11/15

15/14

Companies      25/16

Pension Funds

3/ 9

6/ 9

40/31

42/44

Private Investments

8/12

11/ 4

6/ 4

1/10

Public Sector

16/14

4/ 3

4/ 2

0/ 0

Divestments by Type of
Exit Vehicle in %

No detailed

Trade Sale

20/25

54/58

29/22

information available:

IPO

8/19

17/16

8/26

mainly Trade Sales and

Write-Off

36/21

9/ 3

23/ 5

IPOs (climax in 1996:

Repaym. of Preference

268 VC-backed IPOs;

Shares/Loans

2/ 7

4/ 2

24/32

the numbers for

Repayment of Silent

Partnerships 16/14

2001/1999 are 37/233)

Stage Distribution of
Investments in %

Early-Stage

26/32

17/18

13/ 2

23/22

Expansion

35/50

22/38

25/20

57/48

Buyout

37/15

59/38

56/76

Later Stage /

Buyout          8/30

34 Numbers for Germany, the UK and France are taken from the Yearbooks (2000 and 2002) of the European
Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and those from the US from the Yearbook (2002) of the National Venture
Capital Association (NVCA).

35 The NVCA only gives figures for the capital under management of VC funds. The capital under management is
defined as the accumulated VC managed by funds net the VC of funds, which have been liquidated or matured at
the end of their life cycle (after eight years). Capital under management therefore differs from the European
definition of the VC portfolio.

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