Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Human Resources 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 in Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Human Resources industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 158, which is 19.4% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Human Resources industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Human Resources 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 5 VCs each. There are also funds from Switzerland and France. There is an equal amount of VCs in London and Berlin which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from Paris and Zürich. VCs tend to invest in startups from Germany, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, 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 Information Technology, EdTech and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2018. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 7 – 12, 13 – 24, and 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 255. Average number of funding rounds is 83.2 while median is 54.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 54. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 105. Average amount of lead investments is 26.5 while median is 20.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -30.02 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.11 and the median is 3.74. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors, less often in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million, more often than 10 – 50 million or 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.1 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.28 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.11.