Top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Human Resources 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Human Resources industry.
Human Resources provide a range of workforce solutions for managing employee life cycle and administering employee benefits. It includes everything recruiting and retirement, employment, and skill assessment.

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 51, which is 1.5% of the total amount of rounds in the Human Resources industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Human Resources 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 majority of VCs are located in The United States while others are in The United Kingdom. The most common city is Boston which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Philadelphia, London and Austin. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom and China. 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 Finance. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Business Development and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1968 and the newest one in 2014. In 1983 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2004 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 321. Average number of funding rounds is 64.1 while median is 24.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 33.0 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 1.27 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -36.53 and the median is -38.2. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -71.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.76 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.11 and median is 0.01. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.