Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in E-Commerce 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 4 years. They are actively investing in E-Commerce industry.
E-Commerce is about buying and selling goods and services over the internet. It includes online auctions and marketplace, price comparison, and consumer reviews.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $10.2B, which is 14.5% of the total amount of money raised in the E-Commerce industry in Early rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in E-Commerce 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 9 funds. There are also funds from France, Germany and Czech Republic. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Prague and Berlin. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in France and Czechia. 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 E-Commerce Platforms, Telecommunications and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2019. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19, the maximum is 554. Average number of funding rounds is 157.8 while median is 77.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 108. Average amount of lead investments is 34.8 while median is 18.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.55 and the median is 0.84. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 7.51 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.49 and median is 1.92. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.