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 2 years. They are actively investing in GreenTech industry. GreenTech relates to products or services that improve operational performance while also reducing costs, energy consumption, waste, or negative effects on the environment. It includes recycling and waste management, CleanTech, and environmental engineering.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 41, which is 17.3% of the total amount of Early rounds in the GreenTech industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in GreenTech industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is France which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from Spain, The United Kingdom and The Netherlands. The most common city is Paris which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from London, Zürich and Trondheim. VCs in the sample usually invest in France and The United States. They also invest in Sweden 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 Finance. They also invest in Industrial, Manufacturing and Hardware/Electronics.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1994 and the newest one in 2019. In 2017 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2013 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 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 593. Average number of funding rounds is 80.4 while median is 41.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 20.8 while median is 10.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -30.21 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.54 and the median is -3.47. 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 4 - 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 5 - 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 8.14 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.66 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.