Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Banking 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 over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Banking is 4962, which is 6.1% of the total amount of rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Banking 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 and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from Germany, The United Kingdom and India. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and New York which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Palo Alto and Vienna. 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 Insurance, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2015. In 2010 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 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 24 or in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 33, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 269.2 while median is 143.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 5 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 104.2 while median is 76.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.79 and 21.94 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.96 and the median is -3.2. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Late, Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors more often than 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, less than 100 thousands and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.1 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.3 and median is 0.25. The most common multiplicator value is 0.17.