Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in IT Infrastructure 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 IT Infrastructure industry.
IT infrastructure refers to the software, hardware, network resources, and services associated with the management information technology environment. It includes technical support, data center, and IaaS.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $1.6B, which is 10.7% of the total amount of money raised in the IT Infrastructure industry in Early rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in IT Infrastructure 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 Portugal, Sweden and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Stockholm, Lisbon and Stuttgart. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and The United States. They also invest in Portugal and Sweden. 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 Industrial, Business Development and Mobile/Apps.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1936 and the newest one in 2018. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 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 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 320. Average number of funding rounds is 83.2 while median is 78.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 103. Average amount of lead investments is 19.0 while median is 14.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.59 and the median is 6.98. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 140000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 7368421.33 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.