Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Transportation 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Transportation industry.
Transportation is about moving people and goods. It includes all modes of transportation, electric and autonomous vehicles, and transportation infrastructure, as well as space travel.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 158, which is 16.8% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Transportation industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Transportation 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, France and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, La Défense and Geneve. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, Germany, and Sweden. 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 Industrial, Gamification and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2006 and the newest one in 2019. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 7 VCs. 2018, 2019 and 2017 were also fruitful. 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 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 143.1 while median is 70.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 192. Average amount of lead investments is 39.8 while median is 13.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.98 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.37 and the median is 5.78. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 1 – 2 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 18.19 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.32 and median is 0.61. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.