Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Health Care 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 Private Equity stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Health Care industry.
Health care provides medical services, manufactures medical equipment or drugs, and facilitates the provision of healthcare to patients. It includes pharmaceutical and first aid, nursing and residential care, and health diagnostics and medical devices, as well as funeral, rehabilitation, and cannabis.

Amount of money raised in Health Care funding rounds is $4.4B, which is 8.4% of the total amount of money raised in Private Equity rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Health Care 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Switzerland, France and Ireland. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Zug, Paris and Dublin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, France, and Ireland. For 8 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 Finance. They also invest in Medical Service, Bio & Nano Technology and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1898 and the newest one in 2017. In 2001 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2004 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 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 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 122.7 while median is 49.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 28. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 35.2 while median is 10.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.72 and the median is 3.78. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 5 – 6 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 50 – 100 million. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 9.52 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.33 and median is 2.9. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.