Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Information Services 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 Information Services industry.
Information services create, manage, and deliver information. It includes cloud computing, systems and information management, and IT consulting and outsourcing.

Amount of funding rounds in Information Services is 7056, which is 5.4% of the total amount of rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Information Services industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The funds are based in 2 regions: North America and Western Europe with the majority being in North America. The majority of VCs are located in The United States while others are in Germany. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and Menlo Park which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Palo Alto and New York. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama and Germany. 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, Medical Service and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2016. In 2005 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 and in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 71, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 622.8 while median is 561.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 19 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 144.6 while median is 132.5. 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 23.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.23 and the median is 1.39. 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. Late, Seed and Private Equity 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 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 50 – 100 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 239168333.51 and median is 0.32. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.