Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Sales 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 Sales industry.
Sales is about finding, contacting, and communicating with potential buyers. It includes lead generation and management, sales automation, and CRM, as well as direct sales.

Amount of money raised in Sales funding rounds is $5.1B, which is 2.7% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds in Western Europe over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Sales 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 France, Switzerland and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Zürich and Stockholm. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in France and Ireland. 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 Enterprise Software, Medical Service and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1969 and the newest one in 2016. In 2006 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 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 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 118.7 while median is 73.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 33.2 while median is 19.0. 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 25.97 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.53 and the median is 1.39. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million or 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 140000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 7000000.41 and median is 0.15. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.