Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Human Resources 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 Human Resources industry.
Human Resources provide a range of workforce solutions for managing employee life cycle and administering employee benefits. It includes everything recruiting and retirement, employment, and skill assessment.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 678, which is 19.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Human Resources industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Human Resources industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are The United Kingdom and Germany. They host 6 VCs each. There are also funds from France and The Netherlands. There is an equal amount of VCs in London and Berlin which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Paris and Munich. VCs in the sample invest in The United States, The United Kingdom and Germany more often than they do in France. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Bio & Nano Technology and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1969 and the newest one in 2018. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2010 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 13 – 24 and 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 207.0 while median is 116.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 52. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 167. Average amount of lead investments is 57.4 while median is 39.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -39.75 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.93 and the median is -4.58. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• 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 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 38600000.27 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.