Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Content 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Content industry.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $379.1M, which is 5.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Content industry in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Content 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 9 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Zürich and Visbek. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from France, The United States, and Switzerland. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Information Technology and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1960 and the newest one in 2017. In 2015 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 and in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24 and in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 133.2 while median is 54.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 45.4 while median is 23.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 11. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -64.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.44 and the median is -1.4. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 1 – 2 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.68 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.18 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.