Top 16 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Hospitality industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 16 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Hospitality industry.

Amount of money raised in Hospitality funding rounds is $2.2B, which is 1.3% of the total amount of money raised in Private Equity rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 16 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Hospitality industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from India, The United Kingdom and France. The most common city is New York which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Mumbai, San Francisco and Nashville. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from India, The United Kingdom, and Mauritius. 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 Real Estate and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2018. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 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 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 65.4 while median is 16.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 32.4 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 8. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 4.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -18.88 and the median is -16.34. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 1 – 2 or 7 – 8 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100-500 million, more often than more than 1 billion or 500 million – 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.31 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.58 and median is 0.27. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.