Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Agriculture 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 Seed stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Agriculture industry.
Agriculture covers everything that is grown for human use. It includes farming and cultivation, hydroponics and agtech, and forestry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 34, which is 9.9% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Agriculture industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Agriculture 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Switzerland, Germany and France. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Geneve and Us. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, Sweden, and Saudi Arabia. For half 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 Finance. They also invest in Industrial, Autonomous Vehicles and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2018. In 2018 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 554. Average number of funding rounds is 95.6 while median is 33.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 113. Average amount of lead investments is 18.0 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. 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 0.54 and the median is 6.58. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -46.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 31600000.16 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.