Top 5 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Social industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 5 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 Private Equity stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Social industry.
Social is about solving cultural and social issues. It includes public safety, government, politics, religion, and LGBT.

Amount of money raised in Social funding rounds is $2.8B, which is 7.3% of the total amount of money raised in Private Equity rounds in Western Europe over the last 4 years.

Top 5 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Social industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All funds are from different countries. No country grouping tendencies were found in this sample. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. There is no investment geofocus for VCs in the sample. All of them invest in startups from different countries. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments don’t coincide.
• Investments – All funds have different average numbers of rounds per year.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors. Average round size for all funds is different. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 1.05 and 0.34 are less common.