Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $26.7B, which is 13.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Telecommunications industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Telecommunications 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, France and Germany. They host 6 VCs each. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Munich and Stockholm. VCs in the sample invest in France, India and Germany more often than they do in The United States. 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 Banking. They also invest in Information Technology, Telecommunications and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1848 and the newest one in 2017. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2021. 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 2, 13 – 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 92.6 while median is 42.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 42. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 40.7 while median is 21.0. 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 -4.24 and the median is -0.66. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds in the sample usually invest in Early, Late and Seed stages. Private Equity stage is less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million, more often than 100-500 million or 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.71 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.35 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.