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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 4 years. They are actively investing in Enterprise Infrastructure industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 156, which is 19.4% of the total amount of rounds in the Enterprise Infrastructure industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Enterprise Infrastructure industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Germany which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Spain and France. There is an equal amount of VCs in Berlin and London which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Valencia and Swindon. VCs tend to invest in startups from Germany, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, The United States, and Spain. 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 Business Development, Enterprise Software and Autonomous Vehicles.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2017. In 2007 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24, 7 - 12 or in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 121.0 while median is 60.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 188. Average amount of lead investments is 39.6 while median is 25.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 28.13 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.92 and the median is -0.98. 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 Venture stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 2 - 3 or 1 - 2 investors more often than in rounds with 3 - 4 or 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands - 1 million, 1 - 5 million and 50 - 100 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 0.13 and median is 0.09. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.