Buyout fund: Funds acquiring companies by purchasing majority or
controlling stakes, financing the transaction through a mix of equity and
debt.
Growth fund: Funds that make private equity investments (often minority
investments) in relatively mature companies that are looking for primary
capital to expand and improve operations or enter new markets to
accelerate the growth of the business.
Venture capital: • Early-stage fund: Venture capital funds focused on investing in
companies in the early stages of their lives. • Later-stage fund: Venture capital funds providing capital for an operating company, which may or may not be profitable. Typically in C
or D rounds.
• Venture fund (all stages): Venture capital funds focused on both early
and later stage investments.
Other includes replacement capital, refinancing bank debt and rescue/turnaround.
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In 2018, the number private equity (PE) investment funds through venture capital in the United Kingdom (UK) amounted to ***. In 2018, more than *** thousand companies received private equity investment in the UK.
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