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

Amount of Late funding rounds is 120, which is 6.5% of the total amount of rounds in the Social industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Social 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 12 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, Eastern Asia, and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, China and Sweden. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Sweden, and Japan. 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, Gamification and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2017. In 1983 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 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 13 – 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 347. Average number of funding rounds is 96.3 while median is 57.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 205. Average amount of lead investments is 48.8 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 11. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -47.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.84 and the median is -9.18. 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 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 6 – 7 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 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.43 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.41 and median is 0.3. The most common multiplicator value is 0.74.