Hospitality industry: the major investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of early founding rounds

Intro

It goes without saying that the coronavirus outbreak and following safety measures have had a significant impact on hospitality throughout last year. To find a way out from this extraordinary situation, specialists try to invite patrons back into hospitality industry and assure tourists that it is indeed safe to enjoy a hotel stay.

The hospitality industry refers to a variety of businesses and services linked to leisure and customer satisfaction. A defining aspect of the hospitality industry is also the fact that it focuses on ideas of luxury, pleasure, enjoyment and experiences, as opposed to catering for necessities and essentials.

The article represents top 20 investors in Hospitality industry. All of them are from Western Europe. They have been chosen according to the total money raised in the funding rounds during last 5 years. Amount of money raised in Hospitality funding rounds is $2.3B. It is 2.8% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

The biggest investor is Global Founders Capital. They support founders from sixteen offices. They declare that they are a global seed and growth investor that empowers gifted entrepreneurs.

Global Founders Capital is experienced in supporting founders throughout the lifecycle: from day zero through all the stages of growth, they support the founders through the platform.

They have maintained entrepreneurs from series seed to IPO on all continents.

Hospitality industry: the major investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of early founding rounds
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is France. It hosts 11 funds. Accordingly the most common city is Paris. It is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Switzerland and Spain. VCs tend to invest in startups from France, but also invest in startups from The United States, Germany and The United Kingdom. As the majority of the funds tend to invest in the country of their establishment, the country of their most frequent investments is the same.
• Industry Focus – Banking is on the first place for investition. But funds also invest in Enterprise Software, Real Estate and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1985, the newest one in 2016. 1997 was very favorable for establishment of the new funds. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2004 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the great variety of deals.
• Investments – Generally VCs participate in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 100.4 while median is 40.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 34.0 while median is 16.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.81 and the median is -3.08. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -34.64.
• Typical Rounds – As a rule VCs participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 10 – 50 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.27 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.07 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.