Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Consumer Software 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 Consumer Software industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 43, which is 14.7% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Consumer Software industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Consumer Software 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 6 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Vienna, Stockholm and Munich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from Germany, 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 EdTech, Information Technology and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1876 and the newest one in 2020. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2009 to 2020. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 287. Average number of funding rounds is 63.6 while median is 31.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 109. Average amount of lead investments is 27.0 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -39.18 and 15.36 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -12.11 and the median is -15.84. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 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 0.34 and median is 0.12. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.