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

Amount of funding rounds in Social is 22, which is 2.0% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Social industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The funds are based in 2 regions: North America and Western Europe with the majority being in North America. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 15 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Switzerland and Norway. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Kenya, India, and The United Kingdom. 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 Enterprise Software, Social and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1948 and the newest one in 2018. In 2009 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 2, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 247. Average number of funding rounds is 46.6 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 143. Average amount of lead investments is 25.7 while median is 11.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -53.98 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -20.54 and the median is -21.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 100-500 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.77 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.41 and median is 0.34. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.