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 4 years. They are actively investing in Telecommunications industry. Telecommunications is about making communication possible. It includes providing cable and internet services, voice and video chatting, internet and communication software and hardware, as well as wireless technologies and NFC.

Amount of money raised in Telecommunications funding rounds is $1.1B, which is 9.3% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in Western Europe over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Telecommunications industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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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 France and The Netherlands. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Munich, Berlin and Paris. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, Germany, and 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 Mobile/Apps.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 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 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 7 - 12 and in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 175.6 while median is 113.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 135. Average amount of lead investments is 32.8 while median is 23.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -64.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.3 and the median is 5.64. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • 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 10 - 50 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 33263158.08 and median is 0.19. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.