Top 13 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Human Resources industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 13 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 Human Resources industry.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $910.4M, which is 2.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Human Resources industry over the last 4 years.

Top 13 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Human Resources industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The funds are based in 2 regions: North America and Western Europe with the majority being in North America. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, France and Belgium. 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 The United Kingdom, Panama, and France. 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 Enterprise Software, Manufacturing and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1953 and the newest one in 2015. In 1984 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 296. Average number of funding rounds is 80.0 while median is 42.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 44.4 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 8. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 5.54 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -26.85 and the median is -26.75. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 or 8 – 9 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.22 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.28 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.