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

Amount of funding rounds in Sales is 205, which is 1.3% of the total amount of rounds in Western Europe over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Sales 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Spain, Germany and France. There is an equal amount of VCs in Paris, London and Berlin which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Madrid. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from Spain, 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 Telecommunications, Gamification and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2018. In 2013 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.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24 and in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 276. Average number of funding rounds is 102.3 while median is 69.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 46. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 188. Average amount of lead investments is 51.8 while median is 34.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 15. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -69.51 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -12.77 and the median is -6.57. 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. Funding rounds with these VCs have 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 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, 10 – 50 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.59 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.16 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.