Top 18 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Consumer industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 18 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 Consumer industry.

Amount of money raised in Consumer funding rounds is $3.1B, which is 16.2% of the total amount of money raised in Private Equity rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 18 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Consumer 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Berlin and Oslo. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and India. They also invest in The United States and France. For half 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 Social and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1857 and the newest one in 2017. In 2002 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 280. Average number of funding rounds is 47.6 while median is 27.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 89. Average amount of lead investments is 19.7 while median is 11.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 11. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 16.64 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -17.49 and the median is -21.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs usually have 3 – 4, 2 – 3, 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 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 0.22 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.