Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Banking 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $309.5M, which is 23.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Banking industry in Seed rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Banking 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 10 funds. There are also funds from France, Germany and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Berlin and Stockholm. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from France, The United States, and Turkey. 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Insurance and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2018. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 104.8 while median is 44.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 32.1 while median is 18.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -64.33 and 21.99 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.03 and the median is 0.06. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 1 – 5 million, 100 thousands – 1 million or 10 – 50 million more often than less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.05 at minimum and 1.12 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.25 and median is 0.16. The most common multiplicator value is 0.09.