Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Civil Engineering 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Civil Engineering industry.
Civil Engineering deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. It includes architecture and construction, green and smart buildings and cities, and home renovation.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 130, which is 27.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Civil Engineering industry in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Civil Engineering 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Spain, Germany and The Netherlands. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Milan, Madrid and Stuttgart. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Spain, and Italy. 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 Business Development, Transportation and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2017. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2021 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 7, the maximum is 467. Average number of funding rounds is 75.0 while median is 36.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 67. Average amount of lead investments is 15.7 while median is 8.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -64.33 and 22.33 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.5 and the median is -8.15. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 12.33.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 22.6 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.12 and median is 0.47. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.