When I think of VCs in the UK, Nordics and the Continent this list seems to be missing a lot of the major players, but I still found this post from Mike Butcher at TechCrunch to be pretty interesting. VCs often do NOT publish on their web sites how much funding they raised and when these funds closed. This information is important so that entrepreneurs can better understand where any single VC is in the investment cycle of their fund and how that fits with the current or future rounds of the startup raising funding.
As Earlybird Closes New €150m Fund, LPs Warm To European Tech Valuations
Christian Nagel, one of the co-founders and GPs at EarlyBird, is also on the advisory board of The Founders Club.
Nordics
Creandum
Latest Fund: €135m
When: 2013
Total funds under management: €210m
Northzone
Latest Fund: €130m
When: 2010
Total funds under management: €350m
Sunstone (EU WIDE)
Latest Fund: €85m
When: 2011
Total funds under management: €700m
Germany
Earlybird (EU WIDE)
Latest Fund: €150m
When: 2013
Total funds under management: €650m
Target Partners
Latest Fund: €113m
When: 2008
Total funds under management: €225m
Wellington (GLOBAL FUND incl US)
Latest Fund: €80m (life sciences though) – last “all in” fund was €265m – global fund
When: 2012 – last tech fund was 2008, global approach
Total funds under management: €800m
UK
Accel (EU WIDE, some US)
Latest Fund: €359m
When: 2013
Total funds under management: €1.5bn in Europe (guesstimate)
Atomico (GLOBAL)
Latest Fund: €215
When: 2012
Total funds under management: €340m
Balderton (EU WIDE, some US)
Latest Fund: €328m
When: 2009
Total funds under management: €1.5bn (guesstimate)
DN Capital (EU WIDE, some US)
Latest Fund: €52m
When: 2012
Total funds under management: €150m (guesstimate)
Index (GLOBAL)
Latest Fund: €350m
When: 2012
Total funds under management: €2.5bn
Here’s an infographic of EarlyBird. Thanks, Mike @TechCrunch!
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