Intro

The top 7 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Enterprise Software industry.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $689.2M, which is 2.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Enterprise Software industry in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 7 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Enterprise Software industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 4 funds. There are also funds from France and Norway. The most common city is London which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Oslo and La Défense. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, Sweden, 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 Banking. They also invest in Transportation, Real Estate and Manufacturing.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2019.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 68. Average number of funding rounds is 38.1 while median is 33.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 36. Average amount of lead investments is 18.1 while median is 19.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -41.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -10.81 and the median is -25.17. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 - 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5, 3 - 4 or 2 - 3 investors. Funds in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 1 - 5 million more often than 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.15 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.05 and median is 0.03. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.