Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Industrial field 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Industrial field.
Industrial field relates to production of supplies, equipment, and machinery that are used to produce other goods rather than sold directly to consumers. It includes manufacturing, mining, and chemical engineering, as well as animal husbandry and geospatial services.

Amount of money raised in Industrial funding rounds is $59.6B, which is 7.8% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Industrial field 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 France, Germany and The Netherlands. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Amsterdam and Zürich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from France, The United Kingdom, and Germany. 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 Banking, Autonomous Vehicles and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1856 and the newest one in 2017. In 1969 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2005 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 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 3, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 140.0 while median is 106.0. 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 167. Average amount of lead investments is 42.0 while median is 25.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. 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 -3.39 and the median is -7.11. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• 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 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1500000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 90260000.32 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.