The Norwegian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (NVCA) has published The NVCA Yearbook 2009. We hope it will inform and enlighten the reader. Our ambition is to reach out to a large and diverse group of readers, covering investors at home and abroad, the public domain, existing and potential portfolio companies, government representatives, the press, the academic community and many others.

The yearbook presents developments in the industry during 2008. But we do not stop there. Our ambition is also to highlight the significant gains and opportunities of venture capital and private equity investments in Norway. The future investment prospects are vast and the contribution to innovation and economic growth will expand along with the number and size of investment funds. In this years edition we also highlight Private equity in the Norwegian Petroleum Industry.

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7 new funds established in H1 (08), raising about EUR 1,5bn

6 new funds were established in H1  (07), and 3 in H2 (07)

Up 1,5bn (+30%) from year end (07)

Up 32% compared to H1 (07)

Approximately 10% of investments  in other countries

Clear slowdown in the number of investments

43 initial investments and 42 follow–up investments in H1 (08)

431 are Norwegian companies, 185 are foreign

Foreign funds alone have now investments in 35 Norwegian companies  (EUR 92 mill)

35 portfolio companies, which is about 40% of all companies reported, sort under these sectors

Energy and Environment received 55% of all investments in H12008

Knut T. Traaseth, Secretary General, Norsk Venturekapitalforening (NVCA), tel +47 911 32 400 ⁄ + 47 22 70 00 10

Dr. Leo A. Grünfeld, Partner, Menon Business Economics, tel + 47 411 05 133

For the first time, The Norwegian Venture Capital & Private

Equity Association (NVCA) is introducing a yearbook. We hope

it will inform and enlighten the reader. Our ambition is to

reach out to a large and diverse group of readers, covering

investors at home and abroad, the public domain, existing and

potential portfolio companies, government representatives,

the press, the academic community and many others.

The yearbook presents developments in the industry

during 2007. But we do not stop there. Our ambition is also

to highlight the significant gains and opportunities of venture

capital and private equity investments in Norway. The future

investment prospects are vast and the contribution to

innovation and economic growth will expand along with

the number and size of investment funds.

Download the yearbook by clicking here