Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in GreenTech 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 2 years. They are actively investing in GreenTech industry.
GreenTech relates to products or services that improve operational performance while also reducing costs, energy consumption, waste, or negative effects on the environment. It includes recycling and waste management, CleanTech, and environmental engineering.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $85.5M, which is 0.5% of the total amount of money raised in the GreenTech industry in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in GreenTech 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 7 VCs each. There are also funds from Switzerland and Luxembourg. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Munich and Zug. VCs in the sample invest in The United Kingdom, The United States and Germany more often than they do in 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 Finance. They also invest in Gamification, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2018. In 2013 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2017 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11, the maximum is 473. Average number of funding rounds is 123.8 while median is 104.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 106. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 108. Average amount of lead investments is 22.4 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.65 and the median is 6.51. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.87 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.43 and median is 2.93. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.