Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Banking 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 that have invested in Early stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 741, which is 38.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Banking industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, South Asia, and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from Germany, India and France. The most common city is New York which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Menlo Park, Vienna and San Francisco. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, India, 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 Business Development, Telecommunications and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2019. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2020, 2018 and 2015 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6 and in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 18, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 225.2 while median is 119.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 80.4 while median is 31.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 12. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 28.05 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.04 and the median is -3.7. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, less than 100 thousands and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.05 at minimum and 1.36 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.37 and median is 0.28. The most common multiplicator value is 0.21.