Top 10 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Enterprise industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 10 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Enterprise industry.
Enterprise industry supports every aspect of running a large-scale business. It includes project and product management, enterprise software, and data mining, as well as supply chain management, customer relations, and billing.

Amount of funding rounds in Enterprise is 12, which is 6.1% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 10 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Enterprise 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 4 funds. There are also funds from France, Switzerland and Spain. The most common city is London which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Luxembourg and City of Edinburgh. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from France, The United Kingdom, and Sweden. 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 Telecommunications, Real Estate and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2012. In 1981 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2017. 2019 and 2016 were less fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2017 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 5, the maximum is 119. Average number of funding rounds is 63.9 while median is 73.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 70. Average amount of lead investments is 20.7 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -39.32 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.9 and the median is -8.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100-500 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 137.4 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 18.74 and median is 3.37. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.