Top 18 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Entertainment industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 18 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in North America that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Entertainment industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 21, which is 61.8% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in the Entertainment industry over the last 2 years.

Top 18 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Entertainment industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in The United States while others are in Canada. There is an equal amount of VCs in New York and Boston which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from San Francisco and Toronto. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Canada with the majority investing in The United States. 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 Business Development, Real Estate and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1928 and the newest one in 2011. In 2006 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 181. Average number of funding rounds is 58.8 while median is 62.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 109. Average amount of lead investments is 28.9 while median is 25.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 21.31 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -16.03 and the median is -15.43. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 3 – 4 or 7 – 8 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands, 100-500 million or 10 – 50 million more often than 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.12 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.53 and median is 0.23. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.