Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Hospitality 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 Hospitality industry.
Hospitality includes lodging, food and drink service, and tourism. It includes hotels and leisure, resorts, and restaurants.

Amount of money raised in Hospitality funding rounds is $3.6B, which is 1.2% 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 Hospitality industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – There are a couple of leading countries in the result. They are The United Kingdom, Germany and France. They host 6 VCs each. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Berlin and Stockholm. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Germany. They also invest in France and The United Kingdom. For half 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 Finance. They also invest in Banking, Autonomous Vehicles and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1870 and the newest one in 2019. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2010 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2015 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 593. Average number of funding rounds is 125.9 while median is 64.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 167. Average amount of lead investments is 33.5 while median is 13.5. 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 26.5 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.76 and the median is 4.02. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 9.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds in the sample usually invest in Early, Late, Seed and Private Equity stages. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 892666666.67 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 76233333.59 and median is 0.18. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.