Top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Consumer 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 Private Equity stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Consumer industry.

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 41, which is 2.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Consumer industry over the last 2 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The funds are based in 2 regions: North America and Western Europe with the majority being in North America. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Norway and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Oslo, New York and Greenwich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Kenya, and India. 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 Consumer, Business Development and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1857 and the newest one in 2018. In 1997 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2016 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 or 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 181. Average number of funding rounds is 29.5 while median is 11.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 109. Average amount of lead investments is 16.4 while median is 5.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -20.26 and the median is -23.34. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -71.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 4 – 5 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, 10 – 50 million and 50 – 100 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 0.27 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.