Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Delivery 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 Delivery industry.
Delivery covers moving goods or packages to customers. Besides the delivery services themselves it includes packaging and courier services and shipping.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $16.5B, which is 20.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Delivery industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Delivery 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, Sweden and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Stockholm and Prague. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Germany, The United Kingdom, and Sweden. For 8 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 E-Commerce Platforms, Telecommunications and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1804 and the newest one in 2017. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 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 10, the maximum is 405. Average number of funding rounds is 103.4 while median is 78.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 34. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 90. Average amount of lead investments is 19.4 while median is 11.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 -0.52 and the median is -0.93. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• 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 The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.85 and median is 2.69. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.