Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Social Network 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Social Network industry.
Social network is for people with similar interests to come together and share information. It includes social shopping and recruiting, social media, and online forums, as well as social network services.

Amount of money raised in Social Network funding rounds is $1.1B, which is 0.9% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Social Network 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 Germany, Sweden and France. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Stockholm, Paris and Munich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Sweden, and France. 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 Gamification, Art (Auctions) and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1969 and the newest one in 2016. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 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 7 – 12 and in 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 473. Average number of funding rounds is 183.6 while median is 146.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 167. Average amount of lead investments is 48.4 while median is 33.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.5 and the median is 0.93. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 40631579.12 and median is 0.07. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.