British
Venture Capital Association Company Information ( BVCA
)
About
The British Venture Capital Association Company ( BVCA )
The British Venture Capital Association ( BVCA ) has around
165 members. This represents the vast majority of UK based private
equity and venture capital firms. Those 165 firms are invested in
over 11,000 companies, who between them employ nearly 3 million
people. That is equivalent to some 18% of the private sector workforce.
Their
industry invests in every sector of the economy across all regions
of the country. The UK accounts for some 40% of the whole of the
European market and on the world stage they are second only in size
to the United States. The economic impact of the private equity
industry on the economy of the United Kingdom is substantial and
it continues to grow.
In
the UK, Continental Europe and much of the rest of the world, ‘private
equity’ means the equity financing of unquoted companies at
many stages in the life of a company from start-up to expansion
together with management buy-outs and buy-ins of established companies
that have real growth potential which can be enhanced with private
equity support. ‘Venture capital’ is a subset of private
equity, covering early stages of funding from seed to expansion
capital. The key elements of private equity and venture capital
are investments in unquoted companies, equity capital by nature,
medium to long term and targeted at companies with growth potential,
which can ultimately be realised through trade sales or flotation
on the public markets.
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