Top 7 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in IT Infrastructure industry over the recent years

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 5 years. They are actively investing in IT Infrastructure industry. IT infrastructure refers to the software, hardware, network resources, and services associated with the management information technology environment. It includes technical support, data center, and IaaS.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $2.8B, which is 42.9% of the total amount of money raised in the IT Infrastructure industry in Private Equity rounds over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 5 funds. There are also funds from Luxembourg and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Luxembourg, City of Edinburgh and Berlin. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Germany and China. For 1 funds in the sample, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2017. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2005 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 111. Average number of funding rounds is 41.6 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 39. Average amount of lead investments is 13.1 while median is 11.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -10.54 and the median is -7.84. 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 7 - 8 investors. Average round size for all funds is different. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2100000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 343600000.62 and median is 1.05. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.