Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Civil Engineering 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 Civil Engineering industry.
Civil Engineering deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. It includes architecture and construction, green and smart buildings and cities, and home renovation.

Amount of money raised in Civil Engineering funding rounds is $3.4B, which is 1.0% 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 Civil Engineering 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 9 funds. There are also funds from Germany, The Netherlands and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, City of Edinburgh and Zürich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Germany, India, and The United Kingdom. For 6 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 1727 and the newest one in 2017. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2017 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 1, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 125.6 while median is 88.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 43. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 36.1 while median is 14.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -49.53 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.37 and the median is 4.36. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Late, Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is more than 1 billion. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 5.68 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.31 and median is 0.54. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.