Later-stage venture capital investment in europerises to highest point in three years, fueled by improved IPO market; Ernst & Young/ Dow Jones VentureOne quarterly European venture capital report finds annual median deal size grows to *2 million--highest median since 2000.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 February 2006-DOW JONES: Later-stage venture capital investment in europerises to highest point in three years, fueled by improved IPO market; Ernst & Young/ Dow Jones VentureOne quarterly European venture capital report finds annual median deal size grows to *2 million--highest median since 2000(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13022006 LONDON and NEW YORK - Driven by an improved liquidity market in Europe, later-stage venture capital investments grew to *1.76 billion in 2005, the most invested to this round class since 2002.

But overall venture capital investing into European companies slowed compared to 2004. In total, 1,020 financing rounds were completed and *3.60 billion was invested, which translates to a decline of 16 and 5,...