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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 Software Engineering industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 36, which is 10.4% of the total amount of Late rounds in the Software Engineering industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Luxembourg, Germany and France. The most common city is London which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Luxembourg, Vienna and Stuttgart. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from India, The United Kingdom, and Ireland. For 5 funds in the sample, 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 Information Technology, EdTech and Consumer.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2018. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 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 2 or in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 145. Average number of funding rounds is 43.0 while median is 27.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 99. Average amount of lead investments is 22.8 while median is 15.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.27 and the median is -9.45. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 - 3, 1 - 2 or 5 - 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 - 50 million, less than 100 thousands or 50 - 100 million more often than 5 - 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.98 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.34 and median is 0.21. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.