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Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Business Development industry over the recent years

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Business Development 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Business Development industry.
Business Development is all about helping a business to grow. It includes consulting, business processes outsourcing, subscription services, and so on.

Amount of funding rounds in Business Development is 334, which is 6.8% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Business Development industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are The United Kingdom and Germany. They host 6 VCs each. There are also funds from The Netherlands and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Vienna and Stockholm. VCs in the sample usually invest in Germany 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 Finance. They also invest in Gamification, Bio & Nano Technology and Medical Service.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2018. In 2011 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2017 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 179.5 while median is 120.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 132. Average amount of lead investments is 35.8 while median is 23.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.9 and 24.65 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.18 and the median is 5.37. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 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 31600000.36 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.
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