Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Marketplace 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 over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Marketplace industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Marketplace is 201, which is 2.9% of the total amount of rounds in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Marketplace 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 6 funds. There are also funds from Italy, France and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Stockholm, Paris and Milan. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and Italy. They also invest in France and Sweden. 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 Marketplace, Enterprise Software and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2002 and the newest one in 2015. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2021. 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 6, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 85.2 while median is 36.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 30.6 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -58.5 and 24.57 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.36 and the median is -3.94. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -26.0.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 2 – 3, 1 – 2 or 3 – 4 investors more often than 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.37 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.25 and median is 0.12. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.