Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Delivery 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Delivery industry.
Delivery covers moving goods or packages to customers. Besides the delivery services themselves it includes packaging and courier services and shipping.

Amount of funding rounds in Delivery is 257, which is 2.8% 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 funding rounds in Delivery 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Switzerland, Sweden and The Netherlands. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Stockholm, Paris and Geneve. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from India, The United Kingdom, and Switzerland. For 4 funds in the sample, 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, E-Commerce Platforms and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2019. In 2007 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 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 12, the maximum is 473. Average number of funding rounds is 110.0 while median is 79.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 108. Average amount of lead investments is 25.3 while median is 14.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.51 and the median is 1.52. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds in the sample usually invest in Early, Late and Seed stages. Private Equity stage is less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.78 and median is 2.36. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.