IDC European Woman in Venture Capital

EUROPEAN WOMEN IN VC IDC #EUR148997722 © IDC 2022 53 Assets Under Management, VC Ecosystem & Gender Diversity Sentiment Data A websurvey was conducted among the VCs that qualified (>€25M AuM, HQ Europe) to which 122 VCs replied. The websurvey was sent to the largest VCs with > €25M AuM in Europe, complemented by a general mailing with the support of local venture capital associations. Lastly, funds of funds managers were approached to support this initiative as well. The 122 websurvey respondents together represent €19B in assets under management.  • Final data on the balance of female and male general partners is weighted data from both desk research and survey results. • Final data on firepower is based on desk research only. Characteristics Respondents:  Respondents per region, fund size represented, fund size per region and GP balance per fund size are presented here.  Additional characteristics: • On average VCs had 2.4 funds to manage. • Funds were mostly focused on seed and early-stage investments (34% and 36% respectively for funds 1, 30% and 37% respectively for funds 2) • Funds were mostly focused on general tech (61% funds 1 and 68% funds 2) • First funds on average were launched in 2016, the second in 2018. The other funds were launched in 2019, 2020.  • The balance of female GPs improves over time, where in 2016 the number of female general partners was 8% on average, this improved to 25% of the partners in 2020.  Respondent Characteristics 8% 6% 19% 19% 19% 19% 10% Respondents by Region CEE Baltics South Central-West Nordics West UK