Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Social Network 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 Social Network industry.
Social network is for people with similar interests to come together and share information. It includes social shopping and recruiting, social media, and online forums, as well as social network services.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 96, which is 12.4% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Social Network industry over the last 4 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Germany and The United Kingdom. They host 5 VCs each. There are also funds from Switzerland and Italy. There is an equal amount of VCs in London and Berlin which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from Milan and Zürich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Italy, Germany, and The United Kingdom. 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, Social and Mobile/Apps.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2018. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. The most amount of deals which is 6 was made in 2017, 2019 and 2018. 2020 was less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 107.1 while median is 43.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 36. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 26.0 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -24.73 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.49 and the median is 6.99. 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 2 – 3 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million or less than 100 thousands. 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 31600000.43 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.