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Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Energy 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 in Late stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Energy industry.
Energy sector is about production, management, and distribution of energy. It includes utilities, power grid, and nuclear and clean energy.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $5.2B, which is 22.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Energy industry in Late rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are The United Kingdom and France. They host 5 VCs each. There are also funds from The Netherlands and Germany. There is an equal amount of VCs in Paris and London which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from La Défense and Zürich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Germany, France, and The United Kingdom. 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 Industrial, Manufacturing and Analytics.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1848 and the newest one in 2017. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2002 and 2020 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 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 384. Average number of funding rounds is 64.7 while median is 44.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 167. Average amount of lead investments is 17.6 while median is 6.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -47.19 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.14 and the median is 4.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 4.0.
  • Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 22.6 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.93 and median is 1.28. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.
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