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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 Software industry.
Software develops, maintains, and publishes software used by people and companies. It includes internet and consumer software, operating systems, and desktop apps, as well as gamification, automation, and SaaS.
Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 2769, which is 18.8% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Software industry over the last 4 years.
Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Software industry over the recent years
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- Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Paris and Zürich. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and The United States. They also invest in 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 Finance. They also invest in Gamification, Autonomous Vehicles and Social.
- Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 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 40, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 253.7 while median is 203.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 50.9 while median is 33.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 33. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.71 and 26.32 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.04 and the median is 4.69. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
- Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.87 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 4.19 and median is 2.9. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.
