Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Security 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 Security industry.
Security provides manned and technical services and products for the protection of people, premises or property. It includes penetration testing and intrusion detection, cloud and cyber security, and homeland security, as well as privacy, biometrics, and fraud detection.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 298, which is 17.7% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Security industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Security 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 14 funds. There are also funds from France, Spain and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from Vienna, Paris and Maisons-alfort. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from France, The United States, and Mexico. 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 Security, Autonomous Vehicles and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2001 and the newest one in 2020. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 12, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 150.0 while median is 88.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 31.0 while median is 18.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 9. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.12 and the median is 2.83. 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 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.68 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.23 and median is 0.15. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.