European investors have decided to wait

A report by researchers from the Dow Jones Venture Source, voiced last week in the New York Times, suggests that European investors today prefer to take less risks and not invest in start-ups. In the second quarter, only 167 young companies received venture capital investments, which is 42% less than a year ago. The size of the average investment also decreased - by 35% to $ 1.3 million. These figures were the lowest for at least the last 8 years (before DJVC did not follow the affairs in the Old World).

Experts attribute the decline in risky investments to the desire of the market to ride out shocks across the ocean. In the United States, the picture was the same. The fact that the market is now increasingly reluctant to accept young companies closes the circle: it is not an easy task to sell or launch such an IPO.

Interestingly, the recession has more recently affected the hit sectors of information technology and health care, which in the minds of Western people are already strongly associated with the very word “innovation”. At the same time, investments in the energy sector have only increased, mainly due to a large infusion into a German company specializing in solar batteries.
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There are no reasons for panic, however, and far-reaching conclusions are not yet in a hurry.