Top 12 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 12 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 Banking industry.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $1.4B, which is 5.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Banking industry in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 12 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Banking 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Luxembourg, Switzerland and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Luxembourg, Zürich and Newcastle upon Tyne. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, India, and Germany. For 5 funds in the sample, 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 Social, Marketing and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1856 and the newest one in 2017. In 2007 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2005 to 2019. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24 and in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 250. Average number of funding rounds is 51.7 while median is 16.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 72. Average amount of lead investments is 22.4 while median is 8.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 20.76 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -20.9 and the median is -20.18. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -45.19.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 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 50 – 100 million, 100-500 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.05 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.24 and median is 0.09. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.