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 2 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 Early funding rounds is $2.3B, which is 12.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Digital Media industry in North America over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Digital Media industry over the recent years
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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 San Francisco and New York which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Menlo Park and Los Angeles. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama and Canada. 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 Finance. They also invest in Entertainment, Enterprise Software and E-Commerce Platforms.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2018. In 2009 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • 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 7, the maximum is 951. Average number of funding rounds is 225.4 while median is 61.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 42. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 276. Average amount of lead investments is 42.1 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -5.07 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 11.77 and the median is 11.15. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 5 - 6 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 - 50 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1186000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 158171500.15 and median is 0.16. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.