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

Amount of Late funding rounds is 181, which is 12.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Social Network industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Late 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 10 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia, Western Europe, and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from China, India and France. The most common city is New York which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Menlo Park and Austin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, India, and France. 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 Business Development, Enterprise Software and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2012. In 2000 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6, 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 220.8 while median is 175.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 90. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 11 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 102.4 while median is 58.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 134. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -33.96 and 21.67 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -10.05 and the median is -11.47. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors, less often in rounds with 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, less than 100 thousands and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.71 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.46 and median is 0.23. The most common multiplicator value is 0.15.