Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics 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 Genetics/Diagnostics industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $254.1M, which is 25.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Genetics/Diagnostics industry in Seed rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – There are a couple of leading countries in the result. They are Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. They host 5 VCs each. The most common city is Stockholm which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Zürich, Berlin and Zug. VCs in the sample usually invest in Germany and Sweden. They also invest in The United Kingdom 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 Analytics, Gamification and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1979 and the newest one in 2019. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 2 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 452. Average number of funding rounds is 64.7 while median is 34.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 131. Average amount of lead investments is 23.7 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -61.91 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.75 and the median is -5.34. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -11.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 1 – 2 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.53 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.1 and median is 0.05. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.