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 Marketplace industry.

Amount of money raised in Marketplace funding rounds is $4.7B, which is 8.3% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

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

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from France, Sweden and Spain. The most common city is London which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Stuttgart and Stockholm. VCs in the sample invest in The United Kingdom, The United States and France more often than they do in India. For 9 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Telecommunications and Security.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1898 and the newest one in 2017. In 2007 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.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 - 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 56.6 while median is 20.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 20. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 24.3 while median is 10.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. 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 -9.07 and the median is -8.5. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -26.0.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5, 5 - 6 or 2 - 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common ranges are 50 - 100 million, less than 100 thousands and 1 - 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.24 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.66 and median is 0.3. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.