PE bought a third of Europe’s VC-backed companies that exited in 2025. Between 2006 and 2010, it was fewer than one in ten.
That number, from our study The Journey from VC to PE, was the starting point of a conversation in Maddyness between Thomas de Montille, Fabrice Fleury (Capital Croissance) and Mohamed Abdesslam (Ternel).
Thomas’s take: venture and private equity are moving closer together, and the whole ecosystem benefits. The result is healthier growth and more resilient companies.
So for a VC-backed founder, a sponsor is no longer a fallback buyer. It is an exit route to plan for.
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