Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Social 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 Social industry.
Social is about solving cultural and social issues. It includes public safety, government, politics, religion, and LGBT.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $1.6B, which is 6.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Social industry in Early rounds over the last 3 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are The United Kingdom and Switzerland. They host 5 VCs each. There are also funds from Sweden and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Stockholm, Zürich and Zug. VCs in the sample invest in The United States, The United Kingdom and Switzerland more often than they do in Italy. 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 Business Development, Transportation and Human Resources.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1936 and the newest one in 2018. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2013 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 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 394. Average number of funding rounds is 80.3 while median is 65.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 132. Average amount of lead investments is 20.2 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.21 and the median is 3.36. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 12.31 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.35 and median is 0.35. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.