Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Content 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 Early stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Content industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 93, which is 33.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Content industry in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Content 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 9 funds. There are also funds from France, Switzerland and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Zürich and Zug. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from France, Switzerland, 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 Enterprise Software, Business Development and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1986 and the newest one in 2019. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. 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 2, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 60.8 while median is 26.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 24.9 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.15 and the median is -0.67. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 1 – 2 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 50 – 100 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.39 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.12 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.