Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Business Development 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Business Development industry.
Business Development is all about helping a business to grow. It includes consulting, business processes outsourcing, subscription services, and so on.

Amount of funding rounds in Business Development is 6602, which is 6.1% of the total amount of rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Business Development 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 15 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 15 funds. There are also funds from India, Japan and Germany. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and Menlo Park which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from New York and West Hollywood. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, India, and France. 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 Finance. They also invest in Business Development, Enterprise Software and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2015. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2014 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 126, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 559.4 while median is 469.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 115.6 while median is 98.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 138. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 28.78 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.92 and the median is 5.44. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Venture stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 50 – 100 million. Less common range is 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1186000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 149950000.33 and median is 0.45. The most common multiplicator value is 0.21.