Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Retail 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Retail industry.
Retail is how producers of goods and services get their products to the consumer. It includes online and offline retail, shopping and vending, and retail technology.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 151, which is 17.1% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Retail industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Retail 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Switzerland and France. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Geneve and Berlin. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in Switzerland 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 Finance. They also invest in Medical Service, Gamification and Bio & Nano Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1991 and the newest one in 2018. 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, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 168.0 while median is 99.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 132. Average amount of lead investments is 35.4 while median is 24.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.0 and 23.44 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.57 and the median is 5.12. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 31600000.16 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.