Top 10 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Electronics industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 10 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 Electronics industry.
Electronics is about manufacturing, design and development, assembly, and servicing of electronic equipment and components. It includes hardware, semiconductor, and b2c electronics (mobile devices, household appliances, sensors etc.).

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $991.0M, which is 18.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Electronics industry in Private Equity rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 10 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Electronics 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 5 funds. There are also funds from France, Sweden and Luxembourg. The most common city is London which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Stockholm, Paris and Munich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Sweden, and France. For the majority 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 Industrial, Autonomous Vehicles and Transportation.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2013. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2009 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2021 became the year with the most successful exits.
• 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 6, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 107.2 while median is 43.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 30.6 while median is 14.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.91 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.85 and the median is -7.71. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 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 less than 100 thousands. 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 20.46 and median is 4.12. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.