Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Lifestyle 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Lifestyle industry.
Lifestyle seeks to inspire, guide, and motivate people. It includes wellness and sports, travel and outdoors, and fashion and beauty, as well as nightclub, clothing, art, and family.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $31.7B, which is 19.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Lifestyle industry in Late rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Lifestyle 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 9 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Switzerland and France. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Munich, Zürich and Stockholm. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and Germany. They also invest in The United States and France. For the majority 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 Banking, Autonomous Vehicles and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2018. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2016 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 8, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 123.3 while median is 86.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 25. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 30.6 while median is 17.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.69 and the median is -7.7. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 6.73 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.39 and median is 1.28. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.