Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Social 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 Social industry.
Social is about solving cultural and social issues. It includes public safety, government, politics, religion, and LGBT.

Amount of funding rounds in Social is 123, which is 2.5% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Social 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 6 VCs each. There are also funds from Switzerland and Sweden. There is an equal amount of VCs in Berlin and London which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Geneve and Zürich. VCs in the sample invest in The United Kingdom, The United States and Germany more often than they do in 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 Bio & Nano Technology, Medical Service and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2004 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 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 4, the maximum is 554. Average number of funding rounds is 152.4 while median is 70.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 188. Average amount of lead investments is 34.8 while median is 15.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -59.89 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.86 and the median is 8.29. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 1 – 2 or 3 – 4 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 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 31600000.34 and median is 0.16. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.