Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Content 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Content industry.
Content is for creating and managing content. It includes content creators and creative agencies, discovery and delivery networks, and content management systems.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $9.0B, which is 3.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Content industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Content 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 12 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and The Netherlands. The most common city is London which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Berlin and Zürich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, France, and Russia. For 9 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 Telecommunications, Autonomous Vehicles and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1865 and the newest one in 2017. In 2006 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 356. Average number of funding rounds is 69.4 while median is 31.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 32. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 26.4 while median is 9.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 -15.28 and the median is -14.29. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -46.0.
• Typical Rounds – Late and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Private Equity and Seed stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.67 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.58 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.