Prime Services C-Suite Newsletter – June 2023

European startups raised $42 billion in the first half of 2026, up 50 percent from a year earlier and the strongest stretch for venture funding in four years.[1] The number matters less than what sits behind it: a change in ambition.

A potentially historic El Niño could disrupt food supplies and power systems into 2027. Jefferies research examines where those pressures may challenge earnings assumptions and create opportunities.

A new generation of private equity emerging managers is injecting dynamism into the industry, benefiting everyone, including the large, established players many of them leave behind.