Top 7 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Content industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 7 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Content industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 8, which is 38.1% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in the Content industry over the last 5 years.

Top 7 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Content industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All funds are from different countries. No country grouping tendencies were found in this sample. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. There is no investment geofocus for VCs in the sample. All of them invest in startups from different countries. For the majority of the funds, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Banking. They also invest in Information Technology, Gamification and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2010. 2017 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2018, 2012 and 2010 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 93. Average number of funding rounds is 27.4 while median is 9.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -59.89 and 11.98 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -22.65 and the median is -13.86. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors, less often in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. The majority of funds have an average round size of less than 100 thousands. Others have 1 – 5 million. All funds have an average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation of 0.0.