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 3 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Software Engineering is 439, which is 3.9% of the total amount of rounds in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 9 funds. There are also funds from France, Germany and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Zürich and Vienna. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from France, The United States, and Switzerland. 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 Telecommunications.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2017. In 2000 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, 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 24 and in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 150.2 while median is 82.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 71. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 7 and maximum is 188. Average amount of lead investments is 55.2 while median is 34.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -34.3 and 21.99 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.88 and the median is -5.76. 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 Venture stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 2 - 3 or 3 - 4 investors more often than in rounds with 1 - 2 or 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 5 - 10 million, 10 - 50 million and 1 - 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.03 at minimum and 1.62 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.27 and median is 0.12. The most common multiplicator value is 0.07.