Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Real Estate 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 in Private Equity stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Real Estate industry.
Real estate encompasses the many facets of property, including development, marketing, selling, and management of commercial, industrial, and residential properties. It includes real estate services and investment, property management, and rental.

Amount of money raised in Real Estate funding rounds is $8.3B, which is 2.5% of the total amount of money raised in Private Equity rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Real Estate 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 15 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from Germany, The United Kingdom and Japan. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and New York which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from Menlo Park and Berlin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Germany, Panama, and Canada. 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 Finance. They also invest in Industrial, Real Estate and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1906 and the newest one in 2017. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 473. Average number of funding rounds is 115.9 while median is 69.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 108. Average amount of lead investments is 29.3 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 25.08 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.23 and the median is 2.91. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 50 – 100 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 80905263.43 and median is 0.25. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.