Top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Marketing 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 Marketing industry.

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 56, which is 1.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Marketing industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Marketing 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 13 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Japan, France and Spain. There is an equal amount of VCs in New York and Boston which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Paris and Menlo Park. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan, France, and Spain. 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 Real Estate, Manufacturing and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2017. In 1998 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.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 62.7 while median is 14.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 34.1 while median is 11.5. 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 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -25.58 and the median is -25.42. 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, 3 – 4 or 6 – 7 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million, more often than 100-500 million or 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.09 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.2 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.