Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Consumer Software industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors that have invested over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Consumer Software industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Consumer Software is 513, which is 1.0% of the total amount of rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Consumer Software 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, South Asia, and North Africa and the Middle East. 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 Russia. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Santa Monica, Mumbai and Menlo Park. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from India, The United Kingdom, 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, Security and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2017. In 1997 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2005 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 and in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 255.8 while median is 150.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 29. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 6 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 92.2 while median is 46.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -59.89 and 25.87 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.96 and the median is -1.77. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 2 – 3, 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors more often than 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million, 1 – 5 million or 10 – 50 million more often than less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.03 at minimum and 0.99 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.37 and median is 0.24.