Top 20 investors that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Sales 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Sales industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Sales is 240, which is 3.6% of the total amount of Late rounds over the last 4 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography - The funds are based in 2 regions: North America and South Asia with the majority being in North America. The majority of VCs are located in The United States while others are in India. There is an equal amount of VCs in Menlo Park and San Francisco which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Palo Alto and New York. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Panama with the majority investing in The United States. For half 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, Consumer and Gamification.
• Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2011. In 1999 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, 2014 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments - Funds equally often participate in 13 - 24, 7 - 12, and 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 139.6 while median is 126.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 48. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 76.2 while median is 60.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 23.87 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -10.09 and the median is -11.58. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 - 6, 4 - 5 or 7 - 8 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 - 50 million. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, 50 - 100 million and 5 - 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.15 at minimum and 8.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.96 and median is 0.55. The most common multiplicator value is 0.15.