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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 4 years. They are actively investing in Artificial Intelligence industry. Artificial intelligence is a frontier research discipline to build computerized systems that perform tasks requiring human intelligence. It includes facial, speech and image recognition, machine learning, and natural language processing, as well as computer vision, visual search, and internet of things.

Amount of money raised in Artificial Intelligence funding rounds is $2.1B, which is 17.8% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in Western Europe over the last 4 years.

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

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Denmark. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Munich and Berlin. VCs in the sample invest in France, The United Kingdom and Germany more often than they do in The United States. 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 Gamification, Autonomous Vehicles and Medical Service.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2017. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2017 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 7 - 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 215.0 while median is 167.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 40.9 while median is 23.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -15.44 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.47 and the median is 5.91. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • 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 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 33263158.02 and median is 0.09. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.