Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Business Development 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Business Development industry.
Business Development is all about helping a business to grow. It includes consulting, business processes outsourcing, subscription services, and so on.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $1.1B, which is 3.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Business Development industry in Western Europe over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Business Development 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 Germany. They host 6 VCs each. There are also funds from France and Denmark. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Paris and Vienna. VCs in the sample usually invest in Germany and France. They also invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. 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, Bio & Nano Technology and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2019. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 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, 2015 became the year with the most successful exits.
• 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 3, the maximum is 554. Average number of funding rounds is 155.9 while median is 107.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 67. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 108. Average amount of lead investments is 31.4 while median is 21.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -26.56 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.56 and the median is 5.37. 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 4 – 5 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 31600000.16 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.