Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms 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 E-Commerce Platforms industry.

Amount of money raised in E-Commerce Platforms funding rounds is $830.9M, which is 8.3% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms 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 8 VCs each. There are also funds from France and Spain. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Paris and Munich. VCs in the sample invest in The United Kingdom, The United States and France more often than they do in Germany. 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, Transportation and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2019. In 2015 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 7 – 12, 13 – 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 425. Average number of funding rounds is 80.0 while median is 46.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 105. Average amount of lead investments is 25.4 while median is 12.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 -1.39 and the median is -2.83. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 5 – 10 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.71 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.17 and median is 0.12. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.