Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Human Resources 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Human Resources industry.
Human Resources provide a range of workforce solutions for managing employee life cycle and administering employee benefits. It includes everything recruiting and retirement, employment, and skill assessment.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $5.1B, which is 49.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Human Resources industry in Western Europe over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Human Resources 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 12 funds. There are also funds from France, Germany and Spain. The most common city is London which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from Paris, La Défense and Munich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Sweden, and Spain. For 7 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 Transportation, Industrial and IT Infrastructure.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2017. In 2012 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2010 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2012 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 10, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 131.4 while median is 66.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 49. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 33.5 while median is 17.0. 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 1.39 and the median is 4.36. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 33263158.25 and median is 0.15. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.