— Ranked by AuM and Investment Activity 2020
— Clustered by Stage and Industry Focus

The 2021 European Capital Report
Most Powerful Investment Funds in Europe
- 366 European VCs
- 163 European PEs
- 64 Newcomer Fund Portraits
- 147 Non-European Investors with European Presence
The European Capital Map 2021
published by i5invest and WU Entrepreneurship Center
The European Capital Map offers extensive insight into the current venture ecosystem in Europe, presenting all VCs & PEs that you should have on your radar.
The European Capital Map will always be a work in progress.
This is version 1.0
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Most Powerful Investment Funds DACH
Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Most Powerful Investment Funds UK & I
United Kingdom and Ireland
TOP 10 PEs
based on AuM
Most Powerful Investment Funds Northern Europe
Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Lithuania, Estonia, Iceland and Latvia
TOP 10 VCs
based on AuM
TOP 10 PEs
based on AuM
Most Powerful Investment Funds Benelux
Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg
Most Powerful Investment Funds Southern Europe
France, Spain, Italy and Portugal
Most Powerful Investment Funds Eastern Europe
Israel, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Russia, Georgia, Poland, Belarus, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Croatia, Czech Republic and Slovakia
TOP 10 VCs
based on AuM
TOP 10 PEs
based on AuM
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The full report includes detailed information on all featured VCs & PEs as well as portraits on the newcomer funds 2019 & 2020, and includes a search index clustered by stage and investment focus.
About the Publishers
i5invest I i5growth
As international tech M&A, corporate finance advisory, investor and growth accelerator, the primary focus of i5invest/i5growth is to support growth and manage corporate development and cross-border M&A processes for extraordinary tech companies. Operating out of Berlin, Palo Alto, San Francisco and Vienna, i5 has set up over 150 strategic partnerships and international M&A transactions with companies such as Google, Verisign, Samsung, Cisco, Telefonica, NBC, Naspers, Volkswagen, Amdocs, IAC, Pfizer/Zoetis, Microsoft, Facebook, Nvidia, Airbus, Toronto Stock Exchange and many other global tier 1 technology giants.
WU Entrepreneurship Center
Since its foundation in 2015, the goal of the WU Entrepreneurship Center is to show how starting a business can open up attractive perspectives for careers and personal development. The WU Entrepreneurship Center promotes, develops, and celebrates entrepreneurship, i.e. the entrepreneurial mindset and innovation as key skills for the 21st century. In this way, the WU Entrepreneurship Center acts as an ecosystem developer and think tank that helps to develop the full potential of university-affiliated start-ups.