Top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds 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 3 years.

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 1112, which is 2.2% of the total amount of rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds 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 16 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, France and Canada. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and New York which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Boston and London. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom and France. 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 Business Development, Real Estate and Social.
• Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1966 and the newest one in 2011. 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.
• Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 - 12, 2 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21, the maximum is 296. Average number of funding rounds is 100.2 while median is 87.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 64. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 12 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 58.2 while median is 43.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 20. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.53 and 10.2 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -26.51 and the median is -27.05. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds - Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 - 2 investors, less often in rounds with 2 - 3 or 3 - 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 - 50 million, 50 - 100 million or less than 100 thousands more often than 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 7.74 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.64 and median is 0.19. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.