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

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 20644, which is 18.3% of the total amount of rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds 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, Germany and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Vienna and Swindon. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, France, 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 Gamification, Autonomous Vehicles and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1969 and the newest one in 2017. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2017 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 24 and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 112, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 357.9 while median is 354.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 17 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 90.3 while median is 98.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 18. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -49.53 and 24.5 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.89 and the median is 0.51. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 1 – 5 million. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 18.19 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 5.43 and median is 3.45.