Top 11 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Nanotechnology industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 11 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Nanotechnology industry.
Nanotechnology is the use of matter on a molecular and atomic scale for industrial purposes, often for developing and manufacturing advanced materials.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $25.8M, which is 2.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Nanotechnology industry in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 11 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Nanotechnology 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 6 funds. There are also funds from Switzerland, Sweden and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Cambridge, Zug and Stockholm. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from Switzerland, Sweden, and Germany. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide for all the funds.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Finance. They also invest in Medical Service, Gamification and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2015. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2015 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2021 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 15, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 156.0 while median is 85.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 132. Average amount of lead investments is 36.5 while median is 16.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -11.82 and 21.19 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.81 and the median is 6.88. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 1 – 5 million. Less common range is 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.87 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 4.67 and median is 3.02. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.