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February 01, 2006
Best exits for Euro VCs were in Germany
The German technology venture market is need of better public relations. Europe’s largest economy has been the region’s largest disappointment for venture capital investors, according to the buzz at VC and tech conferences over here. And yet, Germany delivered three out of four of the best VC exits in Europe last year, namely Tipp24, Interhyp, and Q-Cells, (the a:c euro has some info on the returns for VCs in Apax post). The firms that benefited include 3i Group, Apax Partners, and Earlybird Venture Capital in Hamburg. It’s been a pretty well-kept secret, we have to say.
Secrecy might work for Swiss private banks and startups wanting to gather some stealth-mode cachet but it's not a good idea for those that rely on the public markets for their income.
The Deutsche Börse in Frankfurt gave VCs healthy exits last years
Read - EVCJ Awards - plenty of German VC Exits
Read - Apax homerun on Q-Cells
Posted on February 1, 2006 06:50 AM | Posted to IPO | Venture Capital | Permalink
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