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

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $200.1M, which is 17.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Retail industry in Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Retail 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 8 funds. There are also funds from France, Germany and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Swindon and Stockholm. VCs in the sample usually invest in France and The United Kingdom. They also invest in The United States and 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, Gamification and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2018. In 2012 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24, 2 – 6 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 123.6 while median is 48.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 188. Average amount of lead investments is 39.4 while median is 14.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -58.5 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.15 and the median is 0.47. 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 2 – 3, 1 – 2 or 6 – 7 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 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.5 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.13 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.