Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Agriculture industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Agriculture industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Agriculture is 99, which is 2.0% of the total amount of Early rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Agriculture industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – There are a couple of leading countries in the result. They are France, The United Kingdom and Belgium. They host 6 VCs each. There is an equal amount of VCs in Paris and London which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Brussels and Zug. VCs tend to invest in startups from France, but also invest in startups from Belgium, The United States, and The United Kingdom. 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 Banking. They also invest in Agriculture, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1972 and the newest one in 2017. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 7 VCs. 2019, 2018 and 2015 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 67.2 while median is 27.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 27.4 while median is 14.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.4 and the median is 2.04. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 5 – 10 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.53 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.11 and median is 0.07. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.