Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Transportation 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Transportation industry.
Transportation is about moving people and goods. It includes all modes of transportation, electric and autonomous vehicles, and transportation infrastructure, as well as space travel.

Amount of funding rounds in Transportation is 531, which is 5.8% of the total amount of rounds in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Transportation 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 Germany. They host 5 VCs each. There are also funds from The Netherlands and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Stockholm, Berlin and Swindon. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Sweden, 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 Finance. They also invest in Industrial, Gamification and Bio & Nano Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2019. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 10 VCs. 2019, 2018 and 2017 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2012 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 180.6 while median is 108.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 188. Average amount of lead investments is 54.7 while median is 31.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 11. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -44.33 and 26.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.61 and the median is -3.14. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds in the sample usually invest in Early, Seed and Late stages. Venture stage is less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 38600000.39 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.04.