Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Insurance 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Insurance industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Insurance is 135, which is 2.7% of the total amount of Early rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is France which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Germany and Spain. The most common city is Paris which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from London, Munich and Maisons-alfort. VCs tend to invest in startups from France, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, 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 Insurance, Autonomous Vehicles and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2017. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. The most amount of deals which is 5 was made in 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 101.4 while median is 37.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 47.2 while median is 17.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.53 and 17.37 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -15.83 and the median is -17.88. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 1 – 2 or 4 – 5 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 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.68 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.15 and median is 0.07. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.