Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Information Technology 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 Information Technology industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $5.1B, which is 12.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Information Technology industry in Late rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Information Technology 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 10 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Belgium. The most common city is London which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Munich, Vlaams-Brabant and Stockholm. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in India and France. 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 Banking. They also invest in Information Technology, Enterprise Software and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1898 and the newest one in 2017. In 2004 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2006 to 2020. 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 7 – 12, 2 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 66.7 while median is 29.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 32.6 while median is 15.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -15.45 and the median is -16.07. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands, 100-500 million or 100 thousands – 1 million more often than 50 – 100 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 0.27 and median is 0.1. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.