Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most funding rounds in Digital Media industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in North America that have invested over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Digital Media industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Digital Media is 292, which is 1.7% of the total amount of rounds in North America over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most funding rounds in Digital Media 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. The most common city is New York which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Menlo Park and West Hollywood. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Spain, Panama, and Germany. 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 Real Estate, Gamification and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1976 and the newest one in 2018. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24, 13 – 24 or in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 208.0 while median is 71.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 65.8 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 13. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -42.17 and 27.08 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.31 and the median is 12.17. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 12.33.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Venture stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 1 – 2 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 1 – 5 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.38 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.08.