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

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 74, which is 26.9% of the total amount of rounds in the Content industry in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Content 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 13 funds. There are also funds from France, Switzerland and Portugal. The most common city is London which is home to 12 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Zürich and Vienna. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from France, Switzerland, and India. 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, Information Technology and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1986 and the newest one in 2017. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 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 24 and in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 106.0 while median is 45.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 188. Average amount of lead investments is 33.8 while median is 14.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -64.33 and 24.57 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.75 and the median is -0.01. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 1 – 2 or 3 – 4 investors more often than in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 1 – 5 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.71 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.28 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.