Beyond AI: Six startup opportunities in Europe
Six sectors where European expertise, needs and regulatory changes are opening up new markets.
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30 Fonds mit First oder Final Close seit 1. Jan. 2025, insgesamt 56,8 Mrd. €, Median 1,1 Mrd. €.
Im vollständigen Tracker öffnen- 7.000,0
- Bridgepoint
- Industrials, Business Services, Health & Bio, Technology
- Europe (European mid-market buyouts)
- Fonds 8
- Oktober 2026
- 292,5
Technology and services; both minority and majority positions.
- Northcote Equity
- Technology, Business Services
- United Kingdom and Ireland
- GBP
- Fonds 2
- September 2026
- GBP 250m; hard cap GBP 250m
- 9.400,0
Ninth flagship buyout fund. Sector-focused investments in Technology, Consumer, Healthcare and Services, primarily in Europe and North America. Permira describes its Flagship strategy as control investing in the upper mid-market; this control wording is strategy-level evidence, not a separately verified IX-specific control quota.
- Permira
- Technology, Consumer, Health & Bio
- Primarily Europe and North America
- Fonds 9
- September 2026
- 2.300,0
Takes control positions in high-growth, asset-light European mid-market businesses in financial services, business services and TMT, applying sector expertise and operational capabilities.
- Cinven
- Business Services, Media & Telecom
- Pan-European
- Fonds 2
- September 2026
- 150,0
Makes thematic buyouts of profitable, founder-led Western European companies, creating value through operational improvement, international expansion and strategic acquisitions.
- MS+PARTNERS
- Industrial Tech, Climate & Energy, Business Services
- Pan-European (Western Europe); investments so far in Spain and Norway
- Fonds 1
- September 2026
- 915,0
B2B software, AI and cybersecurity; both majority and substantial minority investments.
- Bregal
- B2B Software, AI, Defence & Security
- Europe
- Fonds 3
- Juli 2026
- 3.000,0
Invests sector-agnostically in high-quality, growth-oriented European mid-market businesses, providing operational expertise, strategic guidance and access to CVC's global network.
- CVC Capital Partners
- Generalist
- Pan-European
- Fonds 3
- Juli 2026
- 1.500,0
- Business Services, Health & Bio
- Fonds 12
- Juni 2026
- 175,0
Mid-market buyouts in Europe, sourced off-market through independent sponsors.
- Eighteen48 Partners
- Generalist
- Europe
- Fonds 1
- Mai 2026
- 1.500,0
Takes majority or control positions in European lower mid-market businesses, supporting operational improvement and international expansion.
- Investindustrial
- Generalist
- Europe, with a dominant position in Southern Europe
- Fonds 4
- April 2026
- 808,0
Acquires market-leading, often family- or founder-owned European companies providing essential products or services, scaling them into multinational platforms through pan-European consolidation.
- Fremman Capital
- Business Services, Technology, Health & Bio, Consumer, Industrials
- Pan-European
- Fonds 2
- März 2026
- 4.500,0
Acquires majority stakes in high-growth, high-margin Northern European mid-market companies, supporting them with M&A, international expansion, digital and commercial expertise.
- Inflexion
- Business Services, Technology, Health & Bio, Industrials, Consumer
- Pan-European (focus Northern Europe)
- Fonds 7
- März 2026
Alle 30 Fonds auf dieser Seite
- Bridgepoint Europe VIIIBridgepoint · €7.0bn reported · source published October 2026
- Northcote Fund IINorthcote Equity · €292.5m reported · source published September 2026
- Permira IXPermira · €9.4bn reported · source published September 2026
- Cinven Strategic Fund 2Cinven · €2.3bn reported · source published September 2026
- MS+PARTNERS Fund IMS+PARTNERS · €150m reported · source published September 2026
- Bregal Milestone IIIBregal · €915m reported · source published July 2026
- CVC Catalyst IIICVC Capital Partners · €3.0bn reported · source published July 2026
- Charterhouse Capital Partners XIICharterhouse Capital Partners · €1.5bn reported · source published June 2026
- Eighteen48 Private Equity Fund IEighteen48 Partners · €175m reported · source published May 2026
- Investindustrial Lower Mid-Market IVInvestindustrial · €1.5bn reported · source published April 2026
- Fremman II MMFremman Capital · €808m reported · source published March 2026
- Inflexion Buyout Fund VIIInflexion · €4.5bn reported · source published March 2026
- NorthEdge Fund IVNorthEdge Capital · €68.7m reported commitments · source published February 2026
- Goldenpeak Fund IGoldenpeak · €438.8m reported · source published November 2025
- Kester Capital Fund IVKester Capital · €497.3m reported · source published November 2025
- GHO Capital IVGHO Capital Partners · €2.5bn reported · source published October 2025
- Coniston Capital II LPConiston Capital Management LLP · €36.9m reported · source published October 2025
- August Equity Fund VIAugust Equity · €409.5m reported · source published October 2025
- Pollen Street Capital Fund VPollen Street Capital · €1.5bn reported · source published September 2025
- IK Small Cap IV FundIK Partners · €2.0bn reported · source published July 2025
- Exponent Private Equity Partners VExponent · €1.1bn reported · source published July 2025
- PX3 Partners Fund IPX3 Partners · €500m reported · source published May 2025
- Buyout Fund VPalatine · €296.1m reported · source published April 2025
- Investindustrial VIIIInvestindustrial · €4.0bn reported · source published April 2025
- IK X FundIK Partners · €3.3bn reported · source published April 2025
- Oakley Capital VIOakley Capital · €4.5bn reported · source published March 2025
- ICG Europe Mid-Market Fund IIICG · €3.0bn reported · source published March 2025
- bd-capital Fund 2bd-capital · €430m reported · source published March 2025
- Mayfair Fund IIIMayfair Equity Partners · €585m reported · source published February 2025
- Northcote Fund INorthcote Equity · €191.4m reported · source published February 2025
