Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in EdTech 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 3 years. They are actively investing in EdTech industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $174.2M, which is 15.5% of the total amount of money raised in the EdTech industry in Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in EdTech 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 Germany, France and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Berlin and Vienna. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from Germany, France, and The United States. 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 EdTech, Autonomous Vehicles and Human Resources.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2017. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2010 to 2019. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 7 – 12, 2 – 6, 24, and in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 139.7 while median is 72.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 14. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 42.2 while median is 27.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -29.06 and 22.33 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.32 and the median is 2.05. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 1 – 2 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 0.09. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.