Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Industrial field 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Industrial field.

Amount of funding rounds in Industrial is 1829, which is 9.7% of the total amount of rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is France which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Switzerland and Germany. The most common city is Paris which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from London, Zürich and Zug. VCs in the sample usually invest in France and The United Kingdom. They also invest in The United States and Switzerland. 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, Social and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1958 and the newest one in 2015. In 2007 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 164.5 while median is 100.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 5 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 70.2 while median is 33.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 16. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -68.48 and 24.45 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.07 and the median is 1.08. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.32 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.08 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.11.