Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Mobile/Apps 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Mobile/Apps industry.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 446, which is 31.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Mobile/Apps industry in Western Europe over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Mobile/Apps 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 Germany. They host 4 VCs each. There are also funds from France and Denmark. The most common city is London which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Berlin and Vienna. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, The United Kingdom, Germany and France. 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 Telecommunications, Gamification and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1986 and the newest one in 2018. 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 – 6 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15, the maximum is 452. Average number of funding rounds is 115.0 while median is 66.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 131. Average amount of lead investments is 39.8 while median is 31.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -57.67 and 24.57 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.44 and the median is -5.15. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million, more often than 10 – 50 million or 1 – 5 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 0.39 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is 0.11.