Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds 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 Private Equity stage over the last 5 years.

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 479, which is 2.5% of the total amount of rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds 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 France, Switzerland and Spain. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Oslo and Maisons-alfort. VCs in the sample usually invest in France and The United Kingdom. They also invest in The United States and Sweden. 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, Real Estate and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1953 and the newest one in 2017. In 1996 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2005 to 2020. For some funds, 2016 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24 and in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 76.4 while median is 33.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 17. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 38.4 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 -51.53 and 16.64 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -20.97 and the median is -26.21. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -45.19.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors, less often in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 50 – 100 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.05 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.1 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.