Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Location Based Services 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 Location Based Services industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $1.3B, which is 15.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Location Based Services industry in Early rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Location Based Services 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 6 funds. There are also funds from Spain, Germany and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Madrid, Stockholm and Vienna. VCs tend to invest in startups from Germany, but also invest in startups from Spain, Sweden, and The United States. 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 Telecommunications, Marketplace and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1936 and the newest one in 2017. In 2004 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 136. Average number of funding rounds is 50.1 while median is 41.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 38. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 63. Average amount of lead investments is 22.6 while median is 16.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -52.82 and 22.33 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.61 and the median is -5.32. 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 2 – 3, 5 – 6 or 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million, more often than 100 thousands – 1 million or 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.49 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.24 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.