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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 Marketplace industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Marketplace is 2025, which is 3.0% of the total amount of rounds over the last 4 years.

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

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 12 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 12 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Russia and Japan. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from New York, Washington and London. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, The United Kingdom, and Italy. 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 Telecommunications, Business Development and Social.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2017. 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, 2018 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 35, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 297.3 while median is 161.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 12 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 112.6 while median is 88.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 12. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.79 and 24.04 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.54 and the median is -3.01. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds in the sample usually invest in Early, Seed and Late stages. Debt stage is less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 - 3, 4 - 5 or 1 - 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 - 50 million or 1 - 5 million, more often than 50 - 100 million or 100 thousands - 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.03 at minimum and 0.99 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.37 and median is 0.3. The most common multiplicator value is 0.25.