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

Amount of funding rounds in Sharing Economy is 213, which is 1.3% of the total amount of Early rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Sharing Economy 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 16 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, Latin America, and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 16 funds. There are also funds from Japan, Italy and France. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Menlo Park, New York and Tokyo. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, Italy, and France. For 8 funds in the sample, 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 Telecommunications, Business Development and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2018. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 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 7 – 12, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 148.6 while median is 36.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 25. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 70.2 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -42.64 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.74 and the median is -7.47. 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, 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 1 – 5 million, more often than 100 thousands – 1 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.63 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.2 and median is 0.15. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.