Venture capital investment
Venture capital is a form of equity financing that is particularly relevant for start-ups and scale-ups with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record. It replaces and/or complements traditional bank financing. This indicator measures venture capital investments in a Member State as a percentage of its GDP.
Sources: Invest Europe, Eurostat, OECD and Statista (2024)
Time to get paid by businesses
This indicator measures the number of days it takes for a company to get its invoices paid by the customer, focusing only on business-to-business (B2B) payments. Lower figures on the indicator are better because the goal is to reduce payment times.
Source: Intrum, European Payment Report (2024)
Household savings invested in company bonds, stocks and investment funds
This indicator tracks the volumes of households’ financial wealth invested in company bonds; listed shares; and investment, insurance and pension funds, relative to the volumes of households’ total financial assets. This share of EU household savings invested in capital market instruments is relatively low, less than half of the levels of savings in other financial assets. A value of 50% in this indicator means that the households in a country hold as much of their assets in the previously mentioned investment products as they keep in other forms of assets (such as traditional bank accounts or in cash). A higher value in this indicator suggests a better functioning capital market, easier access to finance for companies, and generally greater long-term wealth prospects for households.
Source: European Commission (2024)
Access to public financial support: share of business that indicated a deterioration
The indicator measures the share of SMEs perceiving a deterioration in the ease of accessing public financial support. A lower share therefore indicates a more positive perception of the conditions for access to public financial support.
Source: European Commission, SAFE Survey (2024)