eFront's latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance Overview, covering the period to the end of Q1 2021, shows that following the massive pandemic shock-driven correction in the first quarter of 2020, the following 12 months (Q2 2020 – Q1 2021) brought a persistent recovery and further growth to the global Buyout and VC markets. In the first quarter of this year, VC funds have globally generated a quarterly return of 12.9%, while the Buyout funds produced 9.6% over the same period.