Venture-backed european companies continue trend toward IPOs, raising 118% more capital than last year; Acquisition prices and premoney valuations also are increasing, According to the European Liquidity and Valuation Report From VentureOne.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-17 November 2005-DOW JONES: Venture-backed european companies continue trend toward IPOs, raising 118 more capital than last year; Acquisition prices and premoney valuations also are increasing, According to the European Liquidity and Valuation Report From VentureOne(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17112005 LONDON - Nine venture-backed European companies completed initial public offerings (IPOs) in the third quarter of 2005-one more than occurred in the third quarter of 2004-continuing this year's trend of renewed exiting activity in the public markets, according to the European Liquidity and Valuation Report from VentureOne, a unit of Dow Jones Newswires and the publisher of VentureSource.

The nine companies completing IPOs raised a...