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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 2 years. They are actively investing in Genetics/Diagnostics industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $1.9B, which is 12.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Genetics/Diagnostics industry in Early rounds over the last 2 years.

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

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from France, Switzerland and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Stockholm, Paris and Dublin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from France, Germany, and The United Kingdom. For half 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 Enterprise Software, Autonomous Vehicles and Telecommunications.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1936 and the newest one in 2015. In 1998 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2005 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 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 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 68.8 while median is 35.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 29.2 while median is 11.0. 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 25.43 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.33 and the median is -0.97. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5, 2 - 3 or 5 - 6 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 50 - 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.92 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.16 and median is 0.03. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.