Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Cloud Computing 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 in Late stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Cloud Computing industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Cloud Computing is 50, which is 5.0% of the total amount of Late rounds in Western Europe over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Cloud Computing 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 France. They host 8 VCs each. There are also funds from Germany and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Stockholm and Oxford. VCs tend to invest in startups from France, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Enterprise Software and Software Engineering.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2017. In 1997 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2006 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 79.7 while median is 46.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 35. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 34.8 while median is 16.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 21.31 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.17 and the median is 3.35. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 4.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 5 – 6 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.05 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.13 and median is 0.03. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.