Top 12 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in IT Infrastructure industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 12 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 2 years. They are actively investing in IT Infrastructure industry.
IT infrastructure refers to the software, hardware, network resources, and services associated with the management information technology environment. It includes technical support, data center, and IaaS.

Amount of funding rounds in IT Infrastructure is 13, which is 1.2% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 12 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in IT Infrastructure 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Luxembourg and Japan. 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 Germany, France, 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 Telecommunications, Social and Banking.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2017. In 1981 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2020, 2018 and 2017 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 358. Average number of funding rounds is 99.0 while median is 65.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 83. Average amount of lead investments is 26.0 while median is 12.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.25 and 25.08 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.0 and the median is -4.73. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 7 – 8 or 1 – 2 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 50 – 100 million. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2100000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 238354545.88 and median is 0.62. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.