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

Amount of funding rounds in Marketplace is 217, which is 3.3% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are The United Kingdom and Switzerland. They host 5 VCs each. There are also funds from Italy and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Zürich, Milan and Geneve. VCs tend to invest in startups from Italy, but also invest in startups from The United States, The United Kingdom, and Germany. 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 Insurance, Telecommunications and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1822 and the newest one in 2017. In 2005 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, 2016 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9, the maximum is 287. Average number of funding rounds is 87.2 while median is 55.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 54. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 109. Average amount of lead investments is 23.8 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 12. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -63.31 and 24.38 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.0 and the median is 4.4. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.91 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.32 and median is 0.3. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.