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

Amount of funding rounds in Insurance is 580, which is 2.3% of the total amount of Early rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Insurance 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from France, China and The United Kingdom. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Menlo Park and Beijing. 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 Insurance, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2015. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 24 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9, the maximum is 1039. Average number of funding rounds is 170.4 while median is 56.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 37. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 63.2 while median is 30.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 26. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.54 and 16.92 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -10.5 and the median is -7.15. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• 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 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 5 – 10 million, 100-500 million and less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.35 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.1.