Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Delivery 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Delivery industry.
Delivery covers moving goods or packages to customers. Besides the delivery services themselves it includes packaging and courier services and shipping.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 191, which is 28.2% of the total amount of rounds in the Delivery industry in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Delivery industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Switzerland and Germany. They host 5 VCs each. There are also funds from The United Kingdom and Spain. There is an equal amount of VCs in Geneve and Berlin which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Zürich and Munich. VCs tend to invest in startups from Germany, but also invest in startups from The United States, Switzerland, and Spain. 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 Real Estate, Autonomous Vehicles and Transportation.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1998 and the newest one in 2018. In 2010 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 2020 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 554. Average number of funding rounds is 121.7 while median is 67.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 108. Average amount of lead investments is 16.8 while median is 8.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.21 and the median is 13.31. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 22.43 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.07 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.