Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in FinTech 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 2 years. They are actively investing in FinTech industry.
FinTech refers to the integration of technology into financial services in order to improve their use and delivery to consumers. It includes micro lending, payments, personal finance, and financial software.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $16.7B, which is 43.9% of the total amount of money raised in the FinTech industry in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in FinTech 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Sweden and Ireland. The most common city is London which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Stockholm and München. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Germany, and India. 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 Social, Gamification and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 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 2008 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2008 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2014 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 1, the maximum is 394. Average number of funding rounds is 94.6 while median is 57.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 132. Average amount of lead investments is 22.6 while median is 10.0. 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 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.55 and the median is -1.69. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of more than 1 billion or 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.68 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.85 and median is 1.52.