Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Business Development 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Business Development industry.
Business Development is all about helping a business to grow. It includes consulting, business processes outsourcing, subscription services, and so on.

Amount of money raised in Business Development funding rounds is $14.3B, which is 4.7% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Business Development 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Sweden, Luxembourg and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 12 funds. There are also funds from Stockholm, Luxembourg and Berlin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Germany, Sweden, and India. For 5 funds in the sample, 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 Banking, Gamification and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1865 and the newest one in 2019. In 1996 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2019. 2018 and 2016 were less fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 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 4, the maximum is 473. Average number of funding rounds is 87.0 while median is 65.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 108. Average amount of lead investments is 23.8 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.49 and the median is -3.05. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Late stages are more common for funds in the sample. Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million or 100-500 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 33263158.45 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.