Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in EdTech 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 EdTech industry.

Amount of funding rounds in EdTech is 2571, which is 3.8% of the total amount of rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in EdTech 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia, Western Europe, and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from China, India and France. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from New York, Oakland and Beijing. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, India, and Panama. 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 EdTech, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2016. In 2011 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24 and in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 25, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 275.2 while median is 143.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 33. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 9 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 95.0 while median is 52.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 9. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.79 and 25.87 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.08 and the median is -2.65. 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. Seed, Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 5 – 6 or 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million or less than 100 thousands more often than 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.09 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.28 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.04.