Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in IT Infrastructure 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 IT Infrastructure industry.
IT infrastructure refers to the software, hardware, network resources, and services associated with the management information technology environment. It includes technical support, data center, and IaaS.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $307.2M, which is 2.6% of the total amount of money raised in the IT Infrastructure industry in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in IT Infrastructure 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Finland and Ireland. The most common city is London which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Helsinki and Sheffield. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United Kingdom and Germany. They also invest in The United States and Finland. 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, Medical Service and Industrial.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2018. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 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 4, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 111.2 while median is 69.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 132. Average amount of lead investments is 25.0 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -26.56 and 25.3 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.29 and the median is 5.44. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 31600000.12 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.