Top 12 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Digital Media industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 12 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested in Late stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Digital Media industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 14, which is 14.6% of the total amount of Late rounds in the Digital Media industry over the last 3 years.

Top 12 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Digital Media 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Ireland. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Karlsruhe and Dublin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, Germany, 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 Banking. They also invest in Marketing, Telecommunications and Social Network.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2016. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2019, 2018 and 2017 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 208. Average number of funding rounds is 44.5 while median is 27.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 89. Average amount of lead investments is 18.5 while median is 10.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 10. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 21.31 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.16 and the median is -3.67. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 500 million – 1 billion and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 4.29 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.69 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.