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 5 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 234, which is 25.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Civil Engineering industry in Western Europe over the last 5 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 Germany which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, France and Belgium. There is an equal amount of VCs in Berlin, Paris and London which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Stuttgart. VCs in the sample invest in Germany, France and The United States more often than they do in 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 Finance. They also invest in Industrial, Business Development and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2015. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2009 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2021 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 7, the maximum is 473. Average number of funding rounds is 115.8 while median is 99.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 167. Average amount of lead investments is 31.5 while median is 20.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. 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 -9.49 and the median is -6.98. 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 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 12.55 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.73 and median is 1.28. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.