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 Software Engineering industry. Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $3.3B, which is 10.7% of the total amount of money raised in the Software Engineering industry in Early rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 9 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Finland. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Helsinki, Vienna and Stuttgart. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in Finland 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 Gamification, Autonomous Vehicles and Business Development.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2017. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2006 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 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 18, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 110.6 while median is 57.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 56. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 25.0 while median is 13.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -26.56 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.97 and the median is 2.83. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 4 - 5 or 3 - 4 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100-500 million and 100 thousands - 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 91.14 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 9.49 and median is 2.41. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.