About this report

This report was compiled with the help of Invest Europe’s Central and Eastern Europe Task Force It provides annual activity statistics for the private equity and venture capital markets of Central and Eastern Europe ( in 2019 and prior years.

The statistics contained herein are based solely on the “market approach”, wherein information is compiled to show activity in a particular country, regardless of the origin or location of private equity fund managers This contrasts with the “industry approach” that shows the activity of fund managers based in a particular country, and which is not applied in this paper Invest Europe believes using the market approach gives a more accurate picture of the overall investment trends and activities in the markets of CEE due to the significant activity of regional funds and fund managers.