Intro

The top 13 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 Private Equity stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Digital Media industry. Digital Media is digitized content that can be transferred through the internet and various electronic devices. It includes music and video streaming, blogging platforms and podcasts, and online portals and news.

Amount of money raised in Digital Media funding rounds is $3.3B, which is 1.3% of the total amount of money raised in Private Equity rounds in North America over the last 5 years.

Top 13 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Digital Media industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - All VCs are located in The United States. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and New York which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Wayne and Redwood Shores. 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 Real Estate, Transportation and Telecommunications.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2014. 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, 2000 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2018 was the peak for successful exits. 2019, 2021, and 2013 are the runner ups.
  • 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 6, the maximum is 564. Average number of funding rounds is 131.5 while median is 112.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 91. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 43.5 while median is 26.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 20. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.25 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.44 and the median is -2.87. 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 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 600000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 46153846.71 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.