Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Enterprise 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 Enterprise industry.
Enterprise industry supports every aspect of running a large-scale business. It includes project and product management, enterprise software, and data mining, as well as supply chain management, customer relations, and billing.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 682, which is 34.9% of the total amount of rounds in the Enterprise 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 Enterprise 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 Germany, France and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Paris and Vienna. VCs in the sample invest in The United States, The United Kingdom and Germany more often than they do in France. 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 Gamification, Autonomous Vehicles and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1969 and the newest one in 2016. In 1997 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 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 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 32, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 212.0 while median is 157.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 167. Average amount of lead investments is 56.0 while median is 41.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.25 and 25.91 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.06 and the median is -7.03. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 12.31 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.27 and median is 2.68. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.