Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Film/Video/TV 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 Film/Video/TV industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 47, which is 39.5% of the total amount of rounds in the Film/Video/TV 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 Film/Video/TV industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are The United Kingdom and France. They host 6 VCs each. There are also funds from Switzerland and Spain. There is an equal amount of VCs in Paris and London which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Madrid and Zürich. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and France. They also invest in The United States and Spain. 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 Telecommunications, Marketing and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1856 and the newest one in 2016. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 2 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 246. Average number of funding rounds is 51.0 while median is 36.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 26.5 while median is 15.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 9.95 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -13.29 and the median is -11.2. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 5 – 6 or 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 1 – 5 million, more often than 100 thousands – 1 million or 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.59 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.14 and median is 0.09. The most common multiplicator value is 0.03.