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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 4 years. They are actively investing in Information Services industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Information Services is 126, which is 3.0% of the total amount of Early rounds in Western Europe over the last 4 years.

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

  • Funds Geography - The most common countries among top VCs are The United Kingdom and Germany. They host 8 VCs each. There are also funds from Switzerland and France. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Munich, Paris and Berlin. VCs tend to invest in startups from Germany, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, France, and The United States. 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 Real Estate, Gamification and E-Commerce Platforms.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1972 and the newest one in 2018. In 2002 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 - 12, 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 452. Average number of funding rounds is 82.4 while median is 56.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 40.5 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 15. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -64.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -12.81 and the median is -11.27. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 - 3 investors, less often in rounds with 3 - 4 or 1 - 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 - 5 million, 100 thousands - 1 million and 5 - 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.33 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.09 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.