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

Amount of Early funding rounds is 42, which is 32.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Open Source industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Open Source 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, South Asia, and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Ireland and India. The most common city is Menlo Park which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Palo Alto, New York and Shanghai. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Panama, and India. 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, Information Technology and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1969 and the newest one in 2019. In 2004 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 347. Average number of funding rounds is 103.7 while median is 50.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 30. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 205. Average amount of lead investments is 51.0 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 13. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 8.1 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.67 and the median is -6.98. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors more often than in rounds with 5 – 6 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 5 – 10 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.24 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.31 and median is 0.19. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.