Top 15 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Social Network industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested in Late stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Social Network industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Social Network is 20, which is 3.6% of the total amount of Late rounds in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 15 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Social Network industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is France which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Switzerland and Sweden. There is an equal amount of VCs in Paris and London which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Stockholm and Munich. VCs tend to invest in startups from France, but also invest in startups from The United States, The United Kingdom, 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Enterprise Software and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1898 and the newest one in 2016. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. 2015 holds the most deals for 5 VCs. 2019, 2018 and 2017 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 103.3 while median is 59.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 48.1 while median is 34.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -22.72 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.6 and the median is -8.5. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6, 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 1 – 5 million. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, less than 100 thousands and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.71 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.26 and median is 0.1. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.