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

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Gaming 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 Gaming industry.
Gaming is about development, marketing, and monetization of video games. It includes online and offline games for pc and console and eSports.

Amount of funding rounds in Gaming is 140, which is 4.6% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Gaming 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 9 funds. There are also funds from Portugal, Germany and France. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Valencia and Swindon. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in Spain and Portugal. 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 Entertainment, Gamification and Medical Service.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 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 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 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 162.1 while median is 81.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 192. Average amount of lead investments is 38.8 while median is 14.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -34.64 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.06 and the median is 5.75. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs usually have 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common range is 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 18.19 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.89 and median is 0.67. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.
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