Top 19 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Social 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 Social industry. Social is about solving cultural and social issues. It includes public safety, government, politics, religion, and LGBT.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $1.4B, which is 22.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Social industry in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 19 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Social 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 France, Switzerland and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Zürich and Stockholm. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from France, The United States, and Germany. 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 Telecommunications, Gamification and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1936 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 2005 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, 2017 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 - 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 115.7 while median is 92.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 30.4 while median is 17.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 15. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.0 and 25.97 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.05 and the median is -1.77. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -1.77.
• Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 50 - 100 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 7368421.23 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.