Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Software 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 industry.
Software develops, maintains, and publishes software used by people and companies. It includes internet and consumer software, operating systems, and desktop apps, as well as gamification, automation, and SaaS.

Amount of money raised in Software funding rounds is $3.4B, which is 34.1% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Software 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 8 VCs each. There are also funds from France and Luxembourg. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Paris and Vienna. VCs in the sample invest in The United Kingdom, Germany and The United States more often than they do in France. 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 Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2018. In 2000 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2017 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 231.2 while median is 158.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 43.6 while median is 31.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.25 and 23.04 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.32 and the median is 4.69. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 100-500 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 3.96 and median is 3.19. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.