Top 19 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Sales industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 19 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested in Late stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Sales industry.
Sales is about finding, contacting, and communicating with potential buyers. It includes lead generation and management, sales automation, and CRM, as well as direct sales.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 25, which is 8.8% of the total amount of Late rounds in the Sales industry over the last 2 years.

Top 19 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Sales 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 Switzerland, France and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Zürich and Stockholm. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and The United States. They also invest in Germany and Ireland. 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 Gamification, Enterprise Software and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1985 and the newest one in 2017. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. 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 – Funds equally often participate in 7 – 12 and 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 105.7 while median is 58.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 28.4 while median is 15.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.11 and the median is 1.15. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 140000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 7368421.45 and median is 0.1. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.