Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Beauty/Fitness 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Beauty/Fitness industry.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $1.1B, which is 16.7% of the total amount of money raised in the Beauty/Fitness industry in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Beauty/Fitness 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 6 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Ireland. The most common city is London which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Dublin and Copenhagen. VCs tend to invest in startups from Germany, but also invest in startups from The United States, The United Kingdom, 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 Banking. They also invest in Telecommunications, Marketplace and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1953 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 2009 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 2, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 246. Average number of funding rounds is 55.6 while median is 32.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 29.0 while median is 17.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 13.62 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.17 and the median is -3.83. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors more often than 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 1 – 5 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.22 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.15 and median is 0.03. The most common multiplicator value is 0.03.