Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds 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 2 years.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 2848, which is 30.5% of the total amount of rounds in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – There are a couple of leading countries in the result. They are The United Kingdom, Germany and France. They host 6 VCs each. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Berlin and Zug. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Germany, France, and The United Kingdom. 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, Medical Service and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1969 and the newest one in 2016. In 2000 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 2012 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 75, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 263.7 while median is 224.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 14 and maximum is 167. Average amount of lead investments is 69.8 while median is 60.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 30. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.69 and 12.49 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.13 and the median is -5.02. 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. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 12.31 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 4.9 and median is 4.17.