Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Nanotechnology 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 Nanotechnology industry.
Nanotechnology is the use of matter on a molecular and atomic scale for industrial purposes, often for developing and manufacturing advanced materials.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 172, which is 19.1% of the total amount of rounds in the Nanotechnology industry over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from France, Germany and The Netherlands. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Swindon and Stuttgart. 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 Industrial, Social and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2018. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2006 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2008 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 20, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 148.2 while median is 82.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 20. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 192. Average amount of lead investments is 36.4 while median is 16.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 11. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -47.19 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.89 and the median is 4.47. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds in the sample usually invest in Early, Seed and Late stages. Venture stage is less common. Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 1 – 5 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. 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 3.36 and median is 1.15. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.