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 5 years. They are actively investing in IT Infrastructure industry. IT infrastructure refers to the software, hardware, network resources, and services associated with the management information technology environment. It includes technical support, data center, and IaaS.

Amount of funding rounds in IT Infrastructure is 468, which is 1.9% of the total amount of rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in IT Infrastructure 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Sweden and France. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Stockholm, Paris and Berlin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Germany, 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 Telecommunications, Medical Service and Art (Auctions).
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1936 and the newest one in 2017. In 2006 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, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2021 was the peak for successful exits. 2015, 2020, and 2018 are the runner ups.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 7 - 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 143.1 while median is 99.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 132. Average amount of lead investments is 35.3 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -55.62 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.27 and the median is 2.17. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds in the sample usually invest in Early, Seed and Late stages. Private Equity stage is less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 - 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.9 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.36 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.02.