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 Banking industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Banking is 695, which is 6.2% 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 Banking industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Save this chart to use it in your presentation
Download the diagram

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, Switzerland and France. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Munich and Geneve. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and France. They also invest in The United States 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 Insurance, Manufacturing and Legal.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1856 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 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 13 - 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 - 12, 2 - 6 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 118.0 while median is 73.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 42.1 while median is 25.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -69.51 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.95 and the median is 0.81. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 - 2, 2 - 3 or 5 - 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands - 1 million, 10 - 50 million and 1 - 5 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 0.24 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is 0.09.