Investment by product (£m)            
6 months to
30 September
2003
6 months to
30 September
2002
12 months to
31 March
2003
Buy-outs
 
141 177 482
Growth capital
 
76 123 273
Early stage technology
 
56 93 176
Total
 
273 393 931
           
Investment by geography (3i only – excluding co-investment funds) (£m)
 
     
UK
 
53 197 318
Continental Europe
 
134 84 304
US     18 31 74
Asia Pacific
  
6 3 20
Total     211 315 716
           
Investment by geography (£m)          
UK     65 248 399
Continental Europe     182 111 436
US     18 31 74
Asia Pacific     8 3 22
Total     273 393 931
           
Continental European investment (£m)          
Benelux     52 3 67
France     12 12 36
Germany/Austria/Switzerland     48 48 149
Italy     18 7 32
Nordic     27 23 69
Spain     20 17 75
Other European*     5 1 8
Total     182 111 436
*Other European includes investments in countries where 3i did not have an office at the period end.        
           
Investment by FTSE industrial classification (£m)          
Resources     4 3 12
Industrials     53 86 328
Consumer goods     80 130 194
Services and utilities     66 61 197
Financials     20 33 54
Information technology     50 80 146
Total     273 393 931