Top 8 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Analytics industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 8 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Analytics industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 8, which is 15.7% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in the Analytics industry over the last 3 years.

Top 8 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Analytics 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 3 funds. There are also funds from Portugal, Luxembourg and Germany. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, Portugal, and Finland. 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, Telecommunications and Security.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2015. In 2003 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2017 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. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 18, the maximum is 97. Average number of funding rounds is 53.2 while median is 39.0. 3 funds in the sample have 8 lead investments which is the most common amount. 11, 72 and 69 are found less often. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 11.98 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -11.91 and the median is -1.05. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 50 – 100 million and 1 – 5 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 0.13. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.