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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 Digital Media industry. Digital Media is digitized content that can be transferred through the internet and various electronic devices. It includes music and video streaming, blogging platforms and podcasts, and online portals and news.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 31, which is 23.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Digital Media 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 Digital Media industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from France, The Netherlands and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Amsterdam and Stamford. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from France, The United States, and Netherlands. 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, Entertainment and Enterprise Software.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2019. In 2010 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 554. Average number of funding rounds is 76.2 while median is 39.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 17. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 39. Average amount of lead investments is 13.0 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.9 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.61 and the median is -6.09. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Funding rounds with these VCs have 2 - 3 or 1 - 2 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 3.1 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.44 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.