1) In your jurisdiction, which sectors do venture capital funds
typically invest in?
In 2018, the global amount of investment by venture capital
funds reached EUR 1,619 million
1 in France.
The key sectors attracting venture capital investment in France
include the IT and digital sectors (EUR 836 million
2),
healthcare and biotechnologies (EUR 413 million
3),
industrial goods and services and the chemical sector (EUR 112
million
4), as well as consumer goods and services (EUR
103 million)
5.
With regard to venture capital funds established under
French law, we distinguish between two main
categories of vehicles depending on the type of investors to which
they are open:
the
retail private equity funds, which are
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The subscription credit and fund finance markets have remained
relatively robust over the course of 2020, though the COVID-19
pandemic has presented certain challenges for market participants.
Growth in this area over the past few years was driven in part by
expansion of the product into a broader range of fund types,
increasing take-up by fund sponsors who had not traditionally used
the product in their fund families, record levels of fundraising
and an increasing number of net asset value (NAV) facility
closings.
Overview
While certain banks have continued to increase their book of