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

Amount of Early funding rounds is 623, which is 31.2% of the total amount of rounds in the Human Resources industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Human Resources industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – VCs in the sample tend to reside in North America and Western Europe which host 10 funds each. There are also funds from South Asia and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and The United Kingdom. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Menlo Park and Berlin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from France, The United Kingdom, and Panama. 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 EdTech, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2017. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24 and in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 264.8 while median is 158.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 101.8 while median is 72.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 72. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -41.64 and 21.67 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.51 and the median is -3.2. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.03 at minimum and 1.36 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.32 and median is 0.18. The most common multiplicator value is 0.04.