Top 6 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Digital Media industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 6 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Digital Media industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Digital Media is 6, which is 1.3% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 6 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Digital Media 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. For the majority of the funds, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Industry Focus –
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1980 and the newest one in 2007. 2018 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2017, 2013 and 2005 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 or in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 96. Average number of funding rounds is 34.7 while median is 16.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 45. Average amount of lead investments is 17.7 while median is 8.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and -4.33 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -21.46 and the median is -19.51. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors, less often in rounds with 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 50 – 100 million and 10 – 50 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 0.32, 0.08 and 0.07 are less common.