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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 over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Civil Engineering industry. Civil Engineering deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. It includes architecture and construction, green and smart buildings and cities, and home renovation.

Amount of funding rounds in Civil Engineering is 471, which is 3.2% 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 Civil Engineering industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common countries among top VCs are The United Kingdom and Germany. They host 6 VCs each. There are also funds from Spain and France. The most common city is London which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Munich, Berlin and Valencia. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and The United States. They also invest in Spain 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 Finance. They also invest in Industrial, Gamification and Medical Service.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1998 and the newest one in 2018. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 7 VCs. 2019, 2018 and 2016 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2017 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 7 - 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 14, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 164.2 while median is 72.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 14. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 35.6 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -64.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.36 and the median is 5.45. 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. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 - 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 - 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands - 1 million or 1 - 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.87 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.26 and median is 0.64. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.