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Top 19 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Media and Entertainment industry over the recent years

Top 19 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Media and Entertainment 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 Private Equity stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Media and Entertainment industry.
Media and entertainment is a large sector that includes music, movies, theatre, dating and sex industry, gambling, event management, photofraphy, publishing, cirtual reality, and graphic design.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 24, which is 38.1% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in the Media and Entertainment industry over the last 4 years.

Top 19 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Media and Entertainment 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 11 funds. There are also funds from France, Spain and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Barcelona and Stockholm. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and France. They also invest in The United States and Sweden. 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, Business Development and Banking.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1945 and the newest one in 2018. In 1996 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2004 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2005 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 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 5, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 112.9 while median is 35.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 39.9 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. 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 -17.02 and the median is -11.22. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 27.1 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 4.0 and median is 1.74. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.
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