Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in FinTech industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the 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 FinTech industry.
FinTech refers to the integration of technology into financial services in order to improve their use and delivery to consumers. It includes micro lending, payments, personal finance, and financial software.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $1.7B, which is 17.3% of the total amount of money raised in the FinTech industry in Seed rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in FinTech 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 Germany, Luxembourg and France. The most common city is London which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Paris and Luxembourg. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Germany, and Spain. For half 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 Legal, Gamification and Transportation.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1865 and the newest one in 2020. In 2013 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2020 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 6, the maximum is 554. Average number of funding rounds is 160.3 while median is 108.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 108. Average amount of lead investments is 28.9 while median is 21.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.25 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.34 and the median is 8.17. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of 50 – 100 million or 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 7.85 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.23 and median is 1.24. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.