Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Film/Video/TV 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Film/Video/TV industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 372, which is 31.4% of the total amount of rounds in the Film/Video/TV industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Film/Video/TV 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 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, France and The United Kingdom. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, France, and The United Kingdom. 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 Enterprise Software, Information Technology and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2019. In 1996 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2009 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24 and in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 1039. Average number of funding rounds is 173.1 while median is 96.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 66.8 while median is 50.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.9 and 19.91 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.07 and the median is -5.79. 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 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 5 – 10 million or 10 – 50 million, more often than less than 100 thousands or 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.89 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.3 and median is 0.29. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.