Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Agriculture 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 Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Agriculture industry.
Agriculture covers everything that is grown for human use. It includes farming and cultivation, hydroponics and agtech, and forestry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $99.1M, which is 9.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Agriculture industry in Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Agriculture industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are The United Kingdom and France. They host 5 VCs each. There are also funds from Germany and The Netherlands. The most common city is London which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Berlin and Athens. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in Portugal and Germany. 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 Finance. They also invest in Autonomous Vehicles, Gamification and Agriculture.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2018. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 4, the maximum is 554. Average number of funding rounds is 84.0 while median is 35.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 48. Average amount of lead investments is 13.6 while median is 6.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.14 and the median is 5.24. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -46.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.51 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.15 and median is 0.1. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.