Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Digital Media 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 Digital Media industry.
Digital Media is digitized content that can be transferred through the internet and various electronic devices. It includes music and video streaming, blogging platforms and podcasts, and online portals and news.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $214.8M, which is 1.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Digital Media industry in Seed rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Digital Media 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 6 funds. There are also funds from France, Finland and Spain. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Madrid and Helsinki. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and France. They also invest in Finland and Spain. 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 Entertainment, Autonomous Vehicles and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 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 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2017 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2020, and 2015 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 and in 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 17, the maximum is 554. Average number of funding rounds is 130.4 while median is 53.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 167. Average amount of lead investments is 27.6 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.67 and the median is -5.31. 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 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million and less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.09 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.3 and median is 0.22. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.