Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Marketing 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Marketing industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 1157, which is 25.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Marketing industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Marketing 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 France. They host 7 VCs each. There are also funds from Germany and Sweden. There is an equal amount of VCs in Paris and London which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Berlin and Vienna. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and France. They also invest in The United States and Germany. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Enterprise Software and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2015. In 2009 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 24, 13 – 24, and 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 190.4 while median is 164.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 10 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 78.8 while median is 67.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 89. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.53 and 21.99 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.4 and the median is -6.18. 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. Private Equity and Late stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 1 – 2, 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 1 – 5 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.46 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.13 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.03.