"Shaping the future of the industry, that is what the Symposium is about. EVCA has set a challenge to both the industry and EU countries to work together to increase the contribution of venture capital from 0.08% of GDP in Europe to 0.2% in the next three years and for buyouts from 0.18% of GDP to 0.4% of GDP. Let's join forces and take decisions to make that happen."

Herman Daems, EVCA Chairman

We often view our business world and relate to other private equity and venture capital industry participants that are most relevant to us from our own perspectives: our suppliers of capital, the targets of our investments and last but not least, the regulators who decide on the environment in which we all operate.

At our 2005 EVCA Symposium, we decided to pause for a moment, to leave our own worlds and swap places with the people we deal with on a day-to-day basis. If we were an investor, what would we expect and require from the fund managers we have invested in? If we were an entrepreneur, what added value would we aim to get from the equity investors who will be with us for many years?

That is what Building Bridges is about:

crossing a bridge to go and sit with investors and entrepreneurs and listen to what they see as some of the key issues to be addressed by us.

Building Bridges also applied to EVCA as a facilitator to make the link between investors, entrepreneurs and regulators.

The 2005 EVCA Symposium, the annual meeting of key private equity and venture capital industry participants, took place in London in June.

From buyout to venture, from IT to life sciences, EVCA continues to represent the broad range of sectors that make up the European industry. It aims to affect upcoming regulation, lead the way in professional standards and provide an insight into issues that impact our industry. Progress across all these areas was showcased at the Symposium.

Repositioned and restructured to reflect the many challenges now facing the European industry, we created a truly interactive and inclusive forum for debate, representing the interests and concerns of fund managers, investors, entrepreneurs and service providers.

We all have a lot to learn from each other’s experiences.

The 2005 EVCA Symposium was a good place to start!


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