Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Entertainment 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Entertainment industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Entertainment is 918, which is 6.0% of the total amount of rounds in Western Europe over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Entertainment 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 10 funds. There are also funds from France, Sweden and Portugal. The most common city is London which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Stockholm and Vienna. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and France. They also invest in The United States and Sweden. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, EdTech and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1996 and the newest one in 2017. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 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, 24 or in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 152.2 while median is 106.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 34. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 56.2 while median is 36.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -69.51 and 22.54 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.99 and the median is -4.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -4.33.
• 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 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million, more often than 5 – 10 million or 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 0.19 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.