Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Fashion 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 Fashion industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 98, which is 29.2% of the total amount of rounds in the Fashion industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Fashion 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 Italy, Germany and France. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Milan, Berlin and Swindon. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, Italy, and India. 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 Consumer, Enterprise Software and Software Engineering.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2018. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24, 13 – 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 105.2 while median is 39.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 51.8 while median is 21.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 9.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -18.11 and the median is -13.68. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Venture stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 5 – 6 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 50 – 100 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.01 at minimum and 2.67 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.52 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.02.