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

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $709.3M, which is 35.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Digital Media industry in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is France which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from Spain, Germany and Switzerland. The most common city is Paris which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Munich, Madrid and Stockholm. VCs in the sample invest in France, Germany and Spain more often than they do in The United Kingdom. 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, Enterprise Software and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2017. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 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 4, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 71.2 while median is 34.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 26.8 while median is 15.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.71 and the median is 1.57. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 1 – 5 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.44 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.11 and median is 0.1. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.