Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Consumer Software 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Consumer Software industry.

Amount of money raised in Consumer Software funding rounds is $1.9B, which is 1.0% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Consumer Software 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, France and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Berlin and Vienna. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from Germany, The United States, 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 Telecommunications, Autonomous Vehicles and Marketing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1936 and the newest one in 2019. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. 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 7 – 12, 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 246. Average number of funding rounds is 62.8 while median is 52.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 35.7 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 9. 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 -6.93 and the median is -8.36. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -45.19.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 1 – 2 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 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 0.23 and median is 0.09. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.