Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Film/Video/TV 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 Film/Video/TV industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 37, which is 16.7% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Film/Video/TV industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Film/Video/TV 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 10 funds. There are also funds from Switzerland, Germany and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Zürich, Zug and Vienna. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from Switzerland, Germany, 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 Business Development, Enterprise Software and Agriculture.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1984 and the newest one in 2018. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2020. 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 7 – 12, 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 117. Average number of funding rounds is 36.7 while median is 26.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 63. Average amount of lead investments is 15.4 while median is 10.5. 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 -8.09 and the median is -12.43. 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 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 4.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.48 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.