Top 20 investors that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Location Based 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 in Late stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Location Based Services industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Location Based Services is 74, which is 1.4% of the total amount of Late rounds over the last 3 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common region for top VCs is Western Europe which hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from North America, Eastern Asia, and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, China and Italy. The most common city is London which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Milan and Menlo Park. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, China, 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 Information Technology, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1937 and the newest one in 2016. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 250. Average number of funding rounds is 71.6 while median is 42.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 117. Average amount of lead investments is 31.9 while median is 17.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 15. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 26.46 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -15.44 and the median is -14.58. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -46.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 50 – 100 million or less than 100 thousands, more often than 5 – 10 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.79 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.38 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.06.