Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Open Source 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Open Source industry.

Amount of money raised in Open Source funding rounds is $5.2B, which is 0.5% of the total amount of money raised over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Open Source 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 14 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia and South Asia. The most common country among the top VCs is The United States which hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from China and India. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and New York which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Menlo Park and Beijing. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China and India. For 8 funds in the sample, 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 Business Development, Telecommunications and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2014. In 2008 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 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 6, the maximum is 347. Average number of funding rounds is 111.0 while median is 64.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 5 and maximum is 205. Average amount of lead investments is 57.6 while median is 29.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -54.33 and 7.93 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -15.24 and the median is -11.34. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -37.67.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Late stages are more common for funds in the sample. Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 6 – 7 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 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.1 at minimum and 7.74 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.08 and median is 0.54.