Top investors important for Luxembourg Space ecosystem that took part in the most funding rounds in industry over the recent years

Intro

In line with its determination to create a solid, vibrant and innovative space sector, Luxembourg has developed an overarching space policy. The objectives are to develop the Luxembourg space ecosystem and create synergies with businesses and organisations outside the space sector, encourage the development of key skills and expertise, and develop Luxembourg and its space sector internationally.
The Luxembourg Space Agency promotes the commercial space sector in Luxembourg by providing support to the space industry, fostering new and existing businesses, developing human resources, offering access to financial solutions and supporting academic learning and research. Managed by the Luxembourg Space Agency and implemented by the European Space Agency, LuxIMPULSE can provide funding to help companies established in Luxembourg to bring innovative ideas to market.
Luxembourg has also established a partnership with the European Investment Bank to design and implement innovative funding tools, especially for space resources exploration and utilisation, as well as related applications.
In 2019, for the 8th edition of Fit 4 Start, high potential start-ups active in SpaceTech are included.

The top 42 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Space Travel and Aerospace and Satellite Communication industries.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 54, which is 13.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Space Travel and Aerospace and Satellite Communication industries over the last 3 years.

Top investors important for Luxembourg Space ecosystem that took part in the most funding rounds in industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Germany and France. They host 11 VCs each. There are also funds from Switzerland and Italy. The most common city is Paris which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Zürich, Berlin and Luxembourg. VCs in the sample usually invest in France and Germany. They also invest in The United States and Switzerland. 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 Banking, Industrial and Hardware/Electronics.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1848 and the newest one in 2019. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 79.3 while median is 14.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 22.5 while median is 10.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.41 and the median is 1.02. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 1 – 2 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.1 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.17 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.