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

Amount of funding rounds in Social Network is 1471, which is 1.8% of the total amount of rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Social Network 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia, South Asia, and Western Europe. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from China, India and Russia. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Moscow and Bengaluru. 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 Enterprise Software, Information Technology and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2019. In 2011 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24, 7 – 12 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 288.8 while median is 216.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 7 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 93.5 while median is 57.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -35.0 and 25.87 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.06 and the median is 0.5. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 1 – 2 or 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million or 10 – 50 million, more often than 1 – 5 million or 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.41 and median is 0.28. The most common multiplicator value is 0.15.