Top 13 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Information Services industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 13 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Information Services industry.
Information services create, manage, and deliver information. It includes cloud computing, systems and information management, and IT consulting and outsourcing.

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 14, which is 1.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Information Services industry in Western Europe over the last 4 years.

Top 13 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Information Services 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 France, Luxembourg and The Netherlands. The most common city is London which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Luxembourg and Milan. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and France. They also invest in The United States and Singapore. 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 Banking, Social and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1953 and the newest one in 2019. In 1981 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2015 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2016 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Average amount of funding rounds per year is 2 for VCs in the sample. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 147. Average number of funding rounds is 39.4 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 70. Average amount of lead investments is 15.8 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -13.55 and the median is -4.61. 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. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 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 23.4 and median is 2.42. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.