Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Business Development 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 over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Business Development industry.
Business Development is all about helping a business to grow. It includes consulting, business processes outsourcing, subscription services, and so on.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 1008, which is 21.1% of the total amount of rounds in the Business Development industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Business Development 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Munich and Berlin. VCs in the sample invest in The United Kingdom, Germany and France more often than they do in India. 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 Finance. They also invest in Gamification, Autonomous Vehicles and Bio & Nano Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2018. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. The most amount of deals which is 6 was made in 2018, 2017 and 2020. 2019 was less fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2021 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 46, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 214.8 while median is 180.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 67. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 18 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 72.3 while median is 48.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 48. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -62.3 and 11.35 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.82 and the median is -4.98. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 31600000.32 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.11.