The Time Warner site on Europe - Visions of Europe
Macro economic comparative figures on the economy, productivity, investment, etc.

They also have a site on e-Europe which provides lots of information on the people, the players, the hot places, etc.

On Venture Capital trends worldwide

Global Private Equity 2002 (Adobe Acrobat required) is a recent review of global PE and VC markets made by 3i and PricewaterhouseCoopers that gives a glimpse on trends across borders as the industry is in the process of becoming global. Acrobat Reader required.

A Financial Times survey on Global Venture Capital 2000 (registration required) from September 2000 covers the main continents and different types of investors and how they adapt to the present environment. Another paper from June 9, 2000 is dedicated to the Buy-out market 2000.

On European Venture Capital

The Financial Times has put up an excellent website full of information on VC in Europe at http://www.ft.com/eurovc/. It is updated with another survey European Private Equity dated June 14, 2001 that indicates that the problem of the industry in Europe is not simply readjusting its investment focus, but more akin to the problems of an industry that has grown too much too fast.