Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Social Network 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 in North America that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Social Network industry.
Social network is for people with similar interests to come together and share information. It includes social shopping and recruiting, social media, and online forums, as well as social network services.

Amount of money raised in Social Network funding rounds is $5.7B, which is 0.9% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in North America over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Social Network industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. Half of VCs are based in Silicon Valley. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from New York and Massachusetts. The most common city is New York which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Menlo Park, San Francisco and Cambridge. Top-1 investment geofocus for all VCs is The United States. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide for all the funds.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Finance. They also invest in Art (Auctions), Gamification and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1911 and the newest one in 2019. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 1304. Average number of funding rounds is 506.9 while median is 509.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 234. Average amount of lead investments is 78.0 while median is 51.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.22 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.55 and the median is 13.48. 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 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million or 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.11 at minimum and 7.35 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.09 and median is 2.8.