Top 13 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 13 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 Energy industry.
Energy sector is about production, management, and distribution of energy. It includes utilities, power grid, and nuclear and clean energy.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $1.8B, which is 5.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Energy industry in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 13 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Energy 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 4 funds. There are also funds from Spain, Switzerland and France. The most common city is London which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Barcelona, Paris and Oslo. VCs tend to invest in startups from Spain, but also invest in startups from The United States, The United Kingdom, and India. 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, Gamification and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1948 and the newest one in 2012. In 2004 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, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2016 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 5, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 92.5 while median is 37.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 37. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 30.1 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -39.32 and 4.04 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -19.05 and the median is -18.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 12.59 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.15 and median is 0.3. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.