Top 20 investors that took part in the most Late 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 in Late stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in EdTech industry.

Amount of Late funding rounds is 245, which is 7.6% of the total amount of rounds in the EdTech industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Late 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 and South Asia. The most common country among the top VCs is The United States which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from China and India. The most common city is Menlo Park which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from New York, Mumbai and Hong Kong Island. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China and India. 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, Information Technology and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2016. In 2001 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.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 7 – 12, 2 – 6, and 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 134.6 while median is 112.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 8 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 73.4 while median is 54.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 10. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -30.52 and 15.3 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -11.89 and the median is -12.39. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 50 – 100 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.37 and median is 0.26.