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Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 Software Engineering industry.
Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $479.2M, which is 17.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Software Engineering industry in Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Finland and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Munich, Helsinki and Berlin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, Germany, 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, Autonomous Vehicles and Analytics.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1995 and the newest one in 2018. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2006 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, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 554. Average number of funding rounds is 127.9 while median is 53.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 108. Average amount of lead investments is 26.0 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 23.04 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.98 and the median is -0.14. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 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 31600000.19 and median is 0.1. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.
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