Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Retail 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 Retail industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 531, which is 21.9% of the total amount of rounds in the Retail industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Retail 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 10 funds. There are also funds from France, Spain and Portugal. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Madrid and Porto. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from France, Spain, and The United States. 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 Enterprise Software, Autonomous Vehicles and Marketing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1865 and the newest one in 2013. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 128.8 while median is 66.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 7 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 54.4 while median is 31.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 16. 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 -11.55 and the median is -9.7. 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. Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors, less often in rounds with 1 – 2 or 3 – 4 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 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.25 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.09 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.