Top 8 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Delivery industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 8 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 Private Equity stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Delivery industry.
Delivery covers moving goods or packages to customers. Besides the delivery services themselves it includes packaging and courier services and shipping.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $5.7B, which is 28.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Delivery industry in Private Equity rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 8 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Delivery 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 3 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg. The most common city is London which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Rouen, Munich and Luxembourg. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from France, The United Kingdom, and Morocco. For 3 funds in the sample, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1996 and the newest one in 2017. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2021. For some funds, 2016 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 157. Average number of funding rounds is 51.0 while median is 31.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 42. Average amount of lead investments is 12.0 while median is 10.0. 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 -6.51 and the median is -4.79. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is more than 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 120.37 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 18.31 and median is 4.4.