Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Consumer Software 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 Consumer Software industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $603.5M, which is 14.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Consumer Software industry in Early rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Consumer Software industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are France and The United Kingdom. They host 6 VCs each. There are also funds from Finland and Spain. There is an equal amount of VCs in Paris and London which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Helsinki and Schan. VCs in the sample usually invest in France and The United Kingdom. They also invest in The United States and Germany. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Telecommunications and Digital Media.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1919 and the newest one in 2019. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2006 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 and in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 246. Average number of funding rounds is 50.2 while median is 28.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 29.0 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.02 and the median is -7.03. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 11.35.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 5 – 10 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.19 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.06 and median is 0.05. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.