Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Finance 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 Finance industry.

Amount of money raised in Finance funding rounds is $97.2B, which is 10.2% of the total amount of money raised over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Finance 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, South Asia, and North Africa and the Middle East. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from Japan, Qatar and Netherlands. The most common city is New York which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, San Francisco and Washington. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, India, and China. For half 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, Business Development and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2009. In 1998 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 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 7 – 12, 2 or 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 104.8 while median is 72.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 70. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 56.6 while median is 31.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 14.71 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -13.8 and the median is -13.22. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds in the sample usually invest in Late, Early and Private Equity stages. Seed stage is less common. Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100-500 million or 10 – 50 million, more often than 50 – 100 million or 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.79 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.52 and median is 0.33. The most common multiplicator value is 0.23.