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August 1, 2022

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In today's Daily Pitch, you'll find:

PitchBook analysts revisit their predictions for Europe's private markets in 2022.

Macroeconomic headwinds took a toll on global M&A activity in Q2 2022

PE investment in European apparel has cooled off, but firms still find opportunities to create value.

Today's Top Stories

Assessing PitchBook's 2022 predictions for Europe's private markets

At the end of last year, few could have anticipated how different the landscape would look for private markets in 2022.

Macroeconomic headwinds, including rising inflation and public market volatility, have created a more pressurized environment for both private equity and venture capital in Europe, one that is in stark contrast to the heady days of 2021. Now, midway through the year, our analysts revisit their December predictions in our 2022 European Private Capital Outlook: H1 Follow-Up.

Our 2022 predictions that we revisit include:

Global carveout deal value will hit a new high of €200 billion in 2022.

European VC deal value will hit a record €175 billion in 2022.

VC-backed public listings will decline in value and count from 2021 highs.

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Charting the cooldown in global M&A deals

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Perceptible macroeconomic headwinds took a toll on global M&A activity in Q2 2022, as investors and companies contended with persistent inflation, geopolitical tension, pandemic-induced supply chain issues and lower valuations.

Our latest Global M&A Report examines how M&A activity has performed as volatility picks across the market. Here are four key takeaways from the report.

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Quick Takes

	The Daily Benchmark
	2016 Vintage North American VC Funds
	VC Deals
	Novasenta lands $40M Series A
	Space and Time raises $10M
	UneMeta picks up $5M
	Fundraising
	Variant closes $450M across two Web3 funds
	Zedcrest commits $10M to African startups

The Daily Benchmark

2016 Vintage North American VC Funds

Median IRR

31.85%

Top Quartile IRR

39.57%

2.47x

Median TVPI

Select top performers

USV 2016

Forerunner Partners III

Mayfield Select

*IRR: net of fees

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VC Deals

Novasenta lands $40M Series A

Novasenta has raised $40 million in a round led by UPMC Enterprises. The company offers a drug discovery platform for cancer therapies.

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Space and Time raises $10M

Space and Time, the developer of a decentralized data analytics platform, has raised $10 million in a seed round led by Framework Ventures, according to reports.

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UneMeta picks up $5M

UneMeta has raised $5 million in a round led by the Jasmy Foundation. The company provides NFT incubation, trading and social networking services.

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Join our supply chain webinar to get up to speed on the substantial changes in this industry over the past two years and what to expect in the future. Though supply chains have struggled to meet demands through the COVID-19 pandemic, the space continues to see innovation and VC interest.

In this webinar, our analysts will explore some of the new technologies expected to address major industry pain points and how this may impact future VC activity. Key topics include:

The trajectory of supply chain developments.
Past and present VC deal activity.
Emerging tech opportunities that could help global supply chain industries.

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Fundraising

Variant closes $450M across two Web3 funds

VC firm Variant has raised a $150 million seed fund and a $300 million opportunity fund to invest in Web3 companies. The investor's current portfolio includes decentralized exchange Uniswap and ethereum scaling platform Polygon.

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Zedcrest commits $10M to African startups

Financial services firm Zedcrest has raised $10 million for the earliest stage startups in Africa, TechCrunch reported.

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Chart of the Day

"As a result of the tougher fundraising market, we expect extended fundraising timelines, fund step-ups to soften, some high-profile fundraising failures, and less fund closures from smaller and inexperienced GPs who haven't invested through recessionary markets."

Source: PitchBook's Q2 2022 European PE Breakdown

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