Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Art (Auctions) 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 over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Art (Auctions) industry.

Amount of money raised in Art (Auctions) funding rounds is $1.5B, which is 0.6% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Art (Auctions) 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Berlin and Vienna. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Germany. They also invest in The United Kingdom 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 Banking. They also invest in Real Estate, Marketplace and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1898 and the newest one in 2017. In 1997 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 86.2 while median is 49.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 40.0 while median is 18.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 9. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.53 and 18.66 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -11.68 and the median is -6.94. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Private Equity and Late stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 or 6 – 7 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million, more often than 100-500 million or 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.24 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.61 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.