Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Consumer Software 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 Consumer Software industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Consumer Software is 73, which is 0.7% of the total amount of Early rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Consumer Software 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 and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Canada and Spain. There is an equal amount of VCs in Menlo Park and London which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from San Francisco and Toronto. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Canada, and Sweden. 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 Marketplace.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1996 and the newest one in 2019. In 2009 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 2 – 6 and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24 and in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 302. Average number of funding rounds is 84.2 while median is 54.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 179. Average amount of lead investments is 40.6 while median is 14.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -44.68 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.03 and the median is -1.12. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 5 – 6 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 5 – 10 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.69 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.19 and median is 0.15. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.