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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 Enterprise industry. Enterprise industry supports every aspect of running a large-scale business. It includes project and product management, enterprise software, and data mining, as well as supply chain management, customer relations, and billing.

Amount of funding rounds in Enterprise is 2509, which is 15.0% 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 Enterprise industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 18 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe and Eastern Asia. The most common country among the top VCs is The United States which hosts 18 funds. There are also funds from France and China. The majority of VCs are based in Silicon Valley. There is an equal amount of VCs in New York and Menlo Park which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from San Francisco and Mountain View. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and China with the majority investing in The United States. 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 Finance. They also invest in Business Development, Gamification and Enterprise Software.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1911 and the newest one in 2017. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 75, the maximum is 1394. Average number of funding rounds is 550.8 while median is 526.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 594. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 276. Average amount of lead investments is 82.4 while median is 63.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 153. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.22 and 28.56 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.35 and the median is 5.64. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 - 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 50 - 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 20.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 4.02 and median is 2.7. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.