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 over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in AR/VR/Computer Vision industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $1.7B, which is 17.9% of the total amount of money raised in the AR/VR/Computer Vision industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in AR/VR/Computer Vision 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 8 funds. There are also funds from France, Germany and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Zürich and Oxford. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and France. They also invest in Germany 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 Manufacturing, Autonomous Vehicles and Enterprise Software.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2020. In 2015 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, 2017 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, 13 - 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 78.2 while median is 37.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 24. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 33.4 while median is 13.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.63 and the median is -0.95. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Late, Seed and Venture stages are less common. Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors, less often in rounds with 2 - 3 or 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 - 50 million, 1 - 5 million and 5 - 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.05 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.21 and median is 0.07. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.