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Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 Software Engineering industry.
Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $4.8B, which is 6.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Software Engineering industry in Late rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 12 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Portugal. The most common city is London which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Syddanmark and Munich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Germany, and Sweden. 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 Finance. They also invest in Telecommunications, Gamification and Entertainment.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2020. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10, the maximum is 320. Average number of funding rounds is 97.2 while median is 85.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 103. Average amount of lead investments is 24.8 while median is 15.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -16.45 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.12 and the median is 6.3. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 9.0.
  • Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 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 7368421.39 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.
Late Stage Venture Software Engineering Western Europe
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