WESTERN EUROPE’S TOP 20 INVESTORS WITH THE BIGGEST SUM OF EARLY FUNDING ROUNDS IN INDUSTRIAL FIELD OVER THE RECENT YEARS

Intro

Here are the top 20 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 Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in the Industrial field.

Total amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $6.2B, which is 14.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Industrial field in Early rounds over the last 5 years.

WESTERN EUROPE’S TOP 20 INVESTORS WITH THE BIGGEST SUM OF EARLY FUNDING ROUNDS IN INDUSTRIAL FIELD OVER THE RECENT YEARS
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are France and The United Kingdom. Each being host to 9 VCs. There are also funds from Germany and Switzerland. There is an equal number of VCs in London and Paris which host 8 funds each. There are also funds from Zürich and Stuttgart. VCs tend to invest in startups from France, but also invest in startups from The United States, The United Kingdom, and Sweden. 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. But they also invest in Manufacturing, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1848 and the youngest one in 2017. Most funds were founded in 2015 . VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 brought the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 87.2 while median is 54.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 38.4 while median is 20.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 18.83 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.49 and the median is -6.75. All that means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5, 6 or 8 – 9 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 50 – 100 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.05 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.12 and median is 0.05. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.