Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Security 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Security industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Security is 35, which is 6.3% of the total amount of Late rounds in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Security 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Luxembourg. The most common city is London which is home to 12 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Oxford and Munich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, Germany, and France. 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 Enterprise Software, Telecommunications and Security.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1865 and the newest one in 2017. In 2006 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.
• 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 8, the maximum is 208. Average number of funding rounds is 48.1 while median is 38.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 42. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 89. Average amount of lead investments is 24.2 while median is 17.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 8. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 17.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.83 and the median is -8.59. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million, 50 – 100 million or less than 100 thousands more often than 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.37 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.23 and median is 0.09. The most common multiplicator value is 0.06.