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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 Virtual Currency industry. Virtual currency is an electronic representation of value and can be traded or used as payment. It includes cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and etherium.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 133, which is 15.0% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Virtual Currency industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Virtual Currency industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Switzerland and Malta. The most common city is London which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Zürich and Valletta. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in Germany and 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 Gamification, Legal and Business Development.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2001 and the newest one in 2020. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2018, 2017, and 2021 are the runner ups.
  • 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 330. Average number of funding rounds is 62.6 while median is 25.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 59. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 113. Average amount of lead investments is 12.6 while median is 3.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -47.92 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.79 and the median is 12.33. 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 4 - 5 or 2 - 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands - 1 million or 50 - 100 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 2.22 and median is 0.35. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.