Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Analytics 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Analytics industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 386, which is 23.2% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Analytics industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Analytics 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 8 funds. There are also funds from France, Switzerland and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Zürich, Paris and Berlin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from France, Germany, and The United States. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Telecommunications and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2018. In 2007 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 and in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 and in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 112.4 while median is 74.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 6 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 45.1 while median is 32.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 35. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 24.57 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -12.35 and the median is -10.34. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors, less often in rounds with 1 – 2 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, 100 thousands – 1 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.1 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.29 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.