Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Art (Auctions) industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the 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 Art (Auctions) industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $76.8M, which is 14.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Art (Auctions) industry in Seed rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Art (Auctions) industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are The United Kingdom and Germany. They host 6 VCs each. There are also funds from France and Portugal. The most common city is London which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Paris and Woking. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and Germany. They also invest in France and The United States. 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 Real Estate, Enterprise Software and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1998 and the newest one in 2015. In 2011 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, 2016 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 – 6, 13 – 24, and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 452. Average number of funding rounds is 117.6 while median is 58.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 42.6 while median is 25.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.53 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.95 and the median is 0.79. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 5.74.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 1 – 2 or 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million, more often than 5 – 10 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.06 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.21 and median is 0.13. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.