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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 3 years. They are actively investing in Retail industry. Retail is how producers of goods and services get their products to the consumer. It includes online and offline retail, shopping and vending, and retail technology.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 111, which is 23.4% of the total amount of rounds in the Retail 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 Retail industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Belgium, Italy and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Milan, Brussels and Stockholm. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in Italy and India. 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 E-Commerce Platforms, Consumer and Business Development.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1994 and the newest one in 2018. In 2013 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2010 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2021 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 - 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 473. Average number of funding rounds is 88.4 while median is 51.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 108. Average amount of lead investments is 23.6 while median is 15.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 16.76 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.08 and the median is 2.47. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funding rounds with these VCs have 2 - 3 or 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 1 - 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 31600000.22 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.02.