The Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region kickstarted 2019 with a heathy inflow of capital from global General Partners (GPs), characterized mainly by large-sized deals.

From January 1 to March 15, 2019, aggregate capital deployed by global GPs into the region rose by 14% to €21.0bn. This compared to €18.4bn over the same period in 2018, in spite of the s