Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Information Services 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 over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Information Services industry.

Amount of money raised in Information Services funding rounds is $85.9B, which is 4.6% of the total amount of money raised over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Information Services industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common region for top VCs is Eastern Asia which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from North America, Western Europe, and North Africa and the Middle East. The most common country among top VCs is China which hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from The United States, United Arab Emirates and Spain. There is an equal amount of VCs in Beijing and New York which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island and Xicheng. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, The United Kingdom, and Spain. 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, Telecommunications and Security.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1848 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 2000 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 and in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 66.2 while median is 18.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 29.4 while median is 7.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -48.78 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.66 and the median is -9.06. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Late and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Debt and Seed stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6, 4 – 5 or 8 – 9 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, 10 – 50 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 5.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.57 and median is 0.29. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.