Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Health Care 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 Health Care industry.
Health care provides medical services, manufactures medical equipment or drugs, and facilitates the provision of healthcare to patients. It includes pharmaceutical and first aid, nursing and residential care, and health diagnostics and medical devices, as well as funeral, rehabilitation, and cannabis.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 435, which is 17.3% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Health Care industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Health Care 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Switzerland and The Netherlands. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Zug and Vienna. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, Germany, and Switzerland. 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 Medical Service, Gamification and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2002 and the newest one in 2020. In 2012 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 2007 and 2021 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 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 197.8 while median is 116.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 192. Average amount of lead investments is 46.2 while median is 18.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.98 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 8.62 and the median is 9.21. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common range is 1 – 5 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 4.64 and median is 3.02. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.