The PitchBook 2026 Midyear Outlook Check-In webinar series, hosted by our expert analysts, revisits our published Outlook predictions against the market's H1 performance. Never miss a beat with the industry's most comprehensive, accurate, and timely private capital market intelligence.
Heading into 2026, EMEA private capital had record PE deal momentum, rising US investor appetite for European assets, an IPO window cautiously creaking open, and AI rapidly reshaping the VC landscape.
Now that H1 is in the books, it’s time to ask which of those trends delivered, and where the picture has become more complicated.
This webinar revisited key themes from PitchBook’s 2026 EMEA Private Capital Outlook, sized up what actually happened, and looked ahead to what the second half of the year may bring.
What you’ll learn
- What the data shows about H1 EMEA PE deal momentum
- US investor appetite for European assets
- IPO window update: open, shut, or somewhere in between?
- How AI is reshaping the EMEA VC landscape
