Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Social 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Social industry.
Social is about solving cultural and social issues. It includes public safety, government, politics, religion, and LGBT.

Amount of funding rounds in Social is 167, which is 2.9% 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 Social industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from Switzerland, France and Spain. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Zürich and Madrid. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in France and Switzerland. 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, Business Development and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1969 and the newest one in 2017. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 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 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 393. Average number of funding rounds is 130.3 while median is 99.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 167. Average amount of lead investments is 39.6 while median is 20.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -42.43 and 19.14 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.24 and the median is -5.19. 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 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 140000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 7000000.14 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.