Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Content 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Content industry.
Content is for creating and managing content. It includes content creators and creative agencies, discovery and delivery networks, and content management systems.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 89, which is 12.6% of the total amount of Late rounds in the Content industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Content 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 10 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Italy and Spain. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Oxford and Münster. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and The United States. They also invest in Germany and Italy. 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 Telecommunications, Mobile/Apps and IT Infrastructure.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1898 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 2009 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 was the peak year for successful exits. 2021 and 2012 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19, the maximum is 473. Average number of funding rounds is 113.1 while median is 73.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 108. Average amount of lead investments is 30.6 while median is 15.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -47.19 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.95 and the median is 2.94. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.02 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 38600000.39 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.02.