Invest Europe: PE- and VC-backed firms grow jobs 4%, 4x faster than Europe in 2024

Invest Europe has published the seventh edition of its Private Equity at Work report, highlighting continued job creation by private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC)-backed companies across Europe. The report shows that PE- and VC-backed businesses increased employment by 4 per cent in 2024, marking the seventh consecutive year of net job growth and outperforming overall European employment trends. In total, these companies created 295,312 net new jobs during the year, roughly equivalent to