Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Consumer industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested in Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Consumer industry.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 453, which is 35.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Consumer industry in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Consumer industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Germany and The United Kingdom. They host 6 VCs each. There are also funds from Spain and Italy. There is an equal amount of VCs in London and Berlin which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from Madrid and Paris. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and Germany. They also invest in Spain and Italy. 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 Manufacturing, Insurance and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2007 and the newest one in 2017. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9, the maximum is 425. Average number of funding rounds is 85.0 while median is 51.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 5 and maximum is 105. Average amount of lead investments is 26.2 while median is 15.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -40.23 and 21.99 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.44 and the median is -0.99. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 17.46.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors, less often in rounds with 1 – 2 or 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million, more often than 1 – 5 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.11 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.3 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.