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 4 years. They are actively investing in E-Commerce Platforms industry.

Amount of funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms is 1600, which is 7.5% of the total amount of Early rounds over the last 4 years.

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

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 11 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 11 funds. There are also funds from China, The United Kingdom and India. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and New York which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Shanghai and Menlo Park. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, The United Kingdom, 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 Gamification, Telecommunications and Business Development.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2015. In 1996 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 24, 7 - 12 or in 2 - 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 61, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 300.9 while median is 202.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 110.9 while median is 89.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.79 and 27.86 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.22 and the median is -2.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 3 - 4 or 2 - 3 investors more often than in rounds with 4 - 5 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, 5 - 10 million and less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.03 at minimum and 0.74 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.25 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.1.