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 3 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 $2.6B, which is 8.5% of the total amount of money raised in Private Equity rounds in Western Europe over the last 3 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 – There are a couple of leading countries in the result. They are The United Kingdom, Switzerland and France. They host 5 VCs each. The most common city is London which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Dublin and Zürich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from France, Ireland, and India. For 7 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 Art (Auctions).
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1898 and the newest one in 2017. In 1995 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2009 to 2021. For some funds, 2016 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 232. Average number of funding rounds is 69.0 while median is 41.5. 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 83. Average amount of lead investments is 15.8 while median is 9.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 2.94 and the median is 3.75. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 50 – 100 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 120.37 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 10.2 and median is 3.52.