Top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Information Services 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Information Services industry.
Information services create, manage, and deliver information. It includes cloud computing, systems and information management, and IT consulting and outsourcing.

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 164, which is 2.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Information Services industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Information Services 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 17 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, France and Canada. The most common city is Boston which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from New York, Baltimore and Washington. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, France, and Canada. 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 Business Development, Gamification and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1937 and the newest one in 2015. 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15, the maximum is 395. Average number of funding rounds is 110.1 while median is 75.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 112. Average amount of lead investments is 39.5 while median is 31.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -44.33 and 27.61 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -13.11 and the median is -14.46. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2000000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 217501667.3 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.