Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Content 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 Content industry.
Content is for creating and managing content. It includes content creators and creative agencies, discovery and delivery networks, and content management systems.

Amount of money raised in Content funding rounds is $2.7B, which is 2.2% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Content 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 8 funds. There are also funds from France, Switzerland and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Berlin and Basel. VCs in the sample invest in The United States, The United Kingdom and France more often than they do in 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Entertainment and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2019. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2009 to 2021. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2021 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 142.1 while median is 92.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 167. Average amount of lead investments is 38.5 while median is 17.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. 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 -5.6 and the median is -6.17. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -8.5.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 31600000.16 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.