Top 14 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Industrial field over the recent years

Intro

The top 14 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Industrial field.
Industrial field relates to production of supplies, equipment, and machinery that are used to produce other goods rather than sold directly to consumers. It includes manufacturing, mining, and chemical engineering, as well as animal husbandry and geospatial services.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 14, which is 13.6% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in the Industrial field over the last 2 years.

Top 14 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Industrial field over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are The United Kingdom and France. They host 5 VCs each. There are also funds from Belgium and Switzerland. The most common city is Paris which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from London, Zürich and Milan. VCs tend to invest in startups from France, but also invest in startups from The United States, The United Kingdom, and Italy. 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, Autonomous Vehicles and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1898 and the newest one in 2015. 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 2007 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2007 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 1, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 130.1 while median is 73.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 167. Average amount of lead investments is 39.9 while median is 18.0. 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 -8.39 and the median is -5.84. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 451000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 50300000.19 and median is 0.05. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.