Top 20 investors that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Marketplace 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 in Late stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Marketplace industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Marketplace is 233, which is 4.5% of the total amount of Late rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Marketplace 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, Eastern Asia, and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Sweden and Japan. The most common city is New York which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from London, Tokyo and Stockholm. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, India, and France. 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 Telecommunications, Enterprise Software and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1937 and the newest one in 2017. 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 138.0 while median is 113.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 205. Average amount of lead investments is 63.8 while median is 35.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 10. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 24.04 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.69 and the median is -8.31. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -26.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, 50 – 100 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.09 at minimum and 1.98 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.58 and median is 0.3. The most common multiplicator value is 0.2.