Top 19 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Media and Entertainment industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 19 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 Late stage over the last 2 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 money raised in Media and Entertainment funding rounds is $2.8B, which is 2.3% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 19 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Media and Entertainment 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 9 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Luxembourg, Berlin and Zürich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Germany, The United Kingdom, and Sweden. For 9 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 Gamification, Telecommunications and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1854 and the newest one in 2017. In 2017 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2020 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 6, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 118.2 while median is 87.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 132. Average amount of lead investments is 26.6 while median is 20.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 26.5 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.8 and the median is 3.16. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is more than 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.14 and median is 0.93. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.