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 Finance industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Finance is 836, which is 11.9% 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 Finance industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - There are a couple of leading countries in the result. They are The United Kingdom, Germany and France. They host 5 VCs each. There is an equal amount of VCs in London and Paris which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Munich and Berlin. VCs tend to invest in startups from France, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Germany, 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 Insurance, Enterprise Software and Manufacturing.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2018. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Funds equally often participate in 13 - 24, 2 - 6, and 7 - 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 119.4 while median is 58.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 38.8 while median is 28.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 18. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.54 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.01 and the median is 0.81. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
  • 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 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 - 3, 1 - 2 or 4 - 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands - 1 million, more often than 10 - 50 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.