Top 11 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Real Estate industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 11 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 Real Estate industry.

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 13, which is 1.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Real Estate industry in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 11 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Real Estate industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from Sweden, Luxembourg and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Maisons-alfort, Luxembourg and Gothenburg. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in Sweden and India. 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 Enterprise Software, Social and Retail.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2017. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2004 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24, 2 – 6 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 88.5 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 5 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 46.5 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.53 and 2.7 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -28.71 and the median is -27.25. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -45.19.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 50 – 100 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 100-500 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.05 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.25 and median is 0.09. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.