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Top 15 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in FinTech industry over the recent years

Top 15 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in FinTech industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 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 FinTech industry.
FinTech refers to the integration of technology into financial services in order to improve their use and delivery to consumers. It includes micro lending, payments, personal finance, and financial software.

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 20, which is 1.9% of the total amount of rounds in the FinTech industry in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 15 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in FinTech industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from Switzerland, Luxembourg and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from München, Luxembourg and Glasgow City. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in India and United Arab Emirates. For 4 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 Finance. They also invest in Banking, Social and Gamification.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2019. In 2007 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2017 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 64.9 while median is 26.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 24.9 while median is 6.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -49.53 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.33 and the median is -9.24. 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 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of more than 1 billion or 500 million – 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 19.2 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.88 and median is 1.26. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.
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