Top 16 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Manufacturing industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 16 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Manufacturing industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Manufacturing is 17, which is 6.5% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 16 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Manufacturing industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is France which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Belgium and Switzerland. The most common city is Paris which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from London, Södertälje and Maisons-alfort. VCs tend to invest in startups from France, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, The United States, and Switzerland. 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Information Technology and Information Services.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1898 and the newest one in 2017. 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.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 78.0 while median is 45.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 29.0 while median is 11.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -54.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.38 and the median is -4.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -4.33.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors more often than 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 100-500 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.71 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.13 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.