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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 3 years. They are actively investing in Telecommunications industry. Telecommunications is about making communication possible. It includes providing cable and internet services, voice and video chatting, internet and communication software and hardware, as well as wireless technologies and NFC.

Amount of Late funding rounds is 157, which is 11.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Telecommunications industry in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Sweden, France and The Netherlands. The most common city is London which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from Stockholm, Paris and Maisons-alfort. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, India, and Sweden. For 7 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 Finance. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Telecommunications and IT Infrastructure.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1898 and the newest one in 2016. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. For some funds, 2015 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Funds equally often participate in 2 and 7 - 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 125.1 while median is 81.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 84. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 33.8 while median is 18.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 14.71 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.26 and the median is 1.28. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 3 - 4 or 4 - 5 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 - 50 million. Less common range is 50 - 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 140000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 7000000.33 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.26.