Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Art (Auctions) 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Art (Auctions) industry.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 64, which is 31.1% of the total amount of rounds in the Art (Auctions) industry in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Art (Auctions) 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 Finland, France and Portugal. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Helsinki, Rome and Prague. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from Finland, Italy, and France. 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 EdTech, Marketing and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2017. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2015 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 7 – 12 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 255. Average number of funding rounds is 53.8 while median is 24.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 105. Average amount of lead investments is 20.4 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -63.31 and 24.57 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.8 and the median is -4.47. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors, less often in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 5 – 10 million and 10 – 50 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 0.7 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.07.