Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Retail 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Retail industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 565, which is 32.2% of the total amount of rounds in the Retail industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Retail 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, Eastern Asia, and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from China, The United Kingdom and Russia. The most common city is New York which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Palo Alto and Menlo Park. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China 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 Retail, Telecommunications and Security.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1956 and the newest one in 2015. In 1996 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2019, 2020 and 2015 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 7 – 12, 2 – 6, and 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 146.3 while median is 124.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 59. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 205. Average amount of lead investments is 60.8 while median is 55.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. 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 -0.28 and the median is -2.36. 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 2 – 3 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, 50 – 100 million and less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.1 at minimum and 0.74 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.36 and median is 0.3. The most common multiplicator value is 0.2.