Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $6.6B, which is 20.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Banking industry in Early rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Banking 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Switzerland and France. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Zürich, Paris and Berlin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from Germany, The United States, 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 Banking. They also invest in Information Technology, Business Development and Transportation.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1727 and the newest one in 2017. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 2 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 255. Average number of funding rounds is 66.9 while median is 51.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 105. Average amount of lead investments is 32.3 while median is 19.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -24.85 and 25.15 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.8 and the median is -5.02. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6, 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.23 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.