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Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Gaming industry over the recent years

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Gaming 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 Gaming industry.
Gaming is about development, marketing, and monetization of video games. It includes online and offline games for pc and console and eSports.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 348, which is 21.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Gaming industry over the last 2 years.

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

  • Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Portugal. The most common city is London which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Swindon, Porto and Paris. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, France, 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 Finance. They also invest in Entertainment, Gamification and Medical Service.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2019. In 2019 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 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 15, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 193.9 while median is 136.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 192. Average amount of lead investments is 48.4 while median is 28.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.53 and the median is -2.37. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -46.0.
  • Typical RoundsEarly 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 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100-500 million or 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 18.19 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.98 and median is 1.23. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.
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