Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Virtual Currency 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 Virtual Currency industry.
Virtual currency is an electronic representation of value and can be traded or used as payment. It includes cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and etherium.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 131, which is 16.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Virtual Currency industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Virtual Currency 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 Switzerland, Germany and Malta. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Zürich, Berlin and Zug. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in Switzerland and Germany. For half 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 Legal, Gamification and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2020. In 2018 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 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 2, the maximum is 473. Average number of funding rounds is 88.7 while median is 31.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 108. Average amount of lead investments is 15.9 while median is 3.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.4 and the median is 12.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• 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 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 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 close to zero at minimum and 10.15 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.65 and median is 1.32. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.