Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Telecommunications industry.
Telecommunications is about making communication possible. It includes providing cable and internet services, voice and video chatting, internet and communication software and hardware, as well as wireless technologies and NFC.

Amount of money raised in Telecommunications funding rounds is $3.8B, which is 6.3% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 10 funds. There are also funds from France, Germany and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Munich and Vienna. VCs in the sample invest in France, The United States and The United Kingdom more often than they do in Germany. 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 Transportation, Autonomous Vehicles and Retail.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1969 and the newest one in 2016. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2004 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2020 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 4, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 159.0 while median is 89.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 18. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 38.3 while median is 20.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -59.89 and 23.04 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.41 and the median is -1.71. 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 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.8 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.13 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.