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

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 25, which is 1.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Marketplace industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Marketplace 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 15 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, , and Central-Eastern Europe. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 15 funds. There are also funds from Netherlands, The United Kingdom and Poland. The most common city is New York which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Austin, Warsaw and Veessen. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Poland, and Netherlands. 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 Enterprise Software, E-Commerce Platforms and Security.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2013. 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, 2015 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 1, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 94.3 while median is 18.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 46.5 while median is 15.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 23.44 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -20.68 and the median is -14.7. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -51.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 5 – 10 million and 500 million – 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.51 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.33 and median is 0.13. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.