Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Entertainment industry over the recent years

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 over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Entertainment industry.

Amount of money raised in Entertainment funding rounds is $61.8B, which is 6.9% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in North America over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of 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. The most common city is New York which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Menlo Park and Toronto. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Canada and Panama. 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, Social and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1849 and the newest one in 2011. In 2005 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 13 – 24, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 208.4 while median is 98.5. 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 506. Average amount of lead investments is 96.0 while median is 52.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 27. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 12.33 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -13.43 and the median is -11.81. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Late stages are more common for funds in the sample. Private Equity and Debt stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 50 – 100 million, 100-500 million or 10 – 50 million more often than less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.36 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.46 and median is 0.3. The most common multiplicator value is 0.1.