Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in AR/VR/Computer Vision industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors that have invested in Early stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in AR/VR/Computer Vision industry.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $3.0B, which is 32.1% of the total amount of money raised in the AR/VR/Computer Vision industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in AR/VR/Computer Vision 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia and Western Europe. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from China, France and The United Kingdom. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and Menlo Park which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Paris and Palo Alto. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, France, and Panama. 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 Enterprise Software, Transportation and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1987 and the newest one in 2019. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 – 6 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 14, the maximum is 264. Average number of funding rounds is 121.4 while median is 97.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 6 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 55.1 while median is 38.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 38. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 24.14 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.69 and the median is -5.89. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors more often than in rounds with 5 – 6 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 1 – 5 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 0.25 and median is 0.18. The most common multiplicator value is 0.17.