Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics 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 Genetics/Diagnostics industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics is 83, which is 6.9% of the total amount of Late rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Germany which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from Switzerland, France and Denmark. The most common city is Paris which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Basel and Zug. VCs tend to invest in startups from Germany, but also invest in startups from The United States, France, and The United Kingdom. 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 Telecommunications, Business Development and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1979 and the newest one in 2013. In 1997 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2017 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 5, the maximum is 246. Average number of funding rounds is 61.6 while median is 37.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 29.1 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.1 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.68 and the median is -2.15. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors more often than in rounds with 5 – 6 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 50 – 100 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.23 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.02 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.