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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 2 years. They are actively investing in Financial Services industry. Financial services are provided to people and companies. It includes accounting, audit, and tax services, as well as asset management, investment and financing advisory, and brokerage.

Amount of funding rounds in Financial Services is 365, which is 12.8% of the total amount of Early rounds in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Financial Services industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common countries among top VCs are Germany and The United Kingdom. They host 8 VCs each. There are also funds from France and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Paris and Munich. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Germany. They also invest in The United Kingdom and 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, Enterprise Software and Banking.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1865 and the newest one in 2018. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 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 27, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 195.2 while median is 138.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 47.2 while median is 31.0. 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 23.12 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.21 and the median is 1.23. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 9.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds 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 3.65 and median is 2.96. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.