Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Consumer 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Consumer industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 1098, which is 32.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Consumer industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Consumer 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 10 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia, Western Europe, and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from China, India and The United Kingdom. The most common city is New York which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, San Francisco and Menlo Park. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and China. They also invest in India 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 Marketplace.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1956 and the newest one in 2015. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 266.6 while median is 181.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 103.2 while median is 85.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 25.77 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.7 and the median is -5.12. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million, 1 – 5 million or 5 – 10 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 3.04 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.46 and median is 0.25. The most common multiplicator value is 0.2.