Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Banking 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 Banking industry.
Banking handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. It includes lending and credit, banking institutions, debit cards, and transaction processing.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 274, which is 21.0% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Banking industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Banking 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 Germany, France and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Vienna and Munich. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Germany. They also invest in The United Kingdom and France. For half 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 Insurance, Real Estate and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1969 and the newest one in 2018. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 7 VCs. 2020, 2017 and 2018 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2017 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15, the maximum is 473. Average number of funding rounds is 141.6 while median is 98.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 130. Average amount of lead investments is 36.8 while median is 24.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.0 and 26.5 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.48 and the median is 6.02. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• 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 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 31600000.15 and median is 0.12. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.