Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Biotechnology 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 Late stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Biotechnology industry.
Biotechnology is the use of biology to make or develop products. It includes biopharmaceutical, genetics, and neuroscience.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 238, which is 12.6% of the total amount of Late rounds in the Biotechnology industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Biotechnology industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Switzerland and France. They host 6 VCs each. There are also funds from The United Kingdom and The Netherlands. The most common city is Paris which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from London, Zürich and Zug. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from France, Germany, and Switzerland. For 7 funds in the sample, 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 Medical Service, Bio & Nano Technology and Art (Auctions).
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2017. In 2009 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2009 to 2021. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2011 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13, the maximum is 384. Average number of funding rounds is 126.8 while median is 118.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 167. Average amount of lead investments is 33.4 while median is 20.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 11. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.12 and the median is 4.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 4.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 5 – 6 or 3 – 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 50 – 100 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.19 at minimum and 20.58 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 4.64 and median is 4.12.