Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence 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 over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Artificial Intelligence industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence is 774, which is 6.9% of the total amount of rounds in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Spain. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Berlin and Vienna. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, France, and Germany. 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 Enterprise Software, Autonomous Vehicles and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2018. In 2000 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 7 – 12, 13 – 24, and 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 147.3 while median is 107.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 9 and maximum is 188. Average amount of lead investments is 61.0 while median is 45.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 30. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -62.3 and 17.37 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.69 and the median is -2.83. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 1 – 2 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 10 – 50 million and 5 – 10 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 0.19 and median is 0.12. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.