Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Digital Media 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 Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Digital Media industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Digital Media is 786, which is 2.8% of the total amount of Seed rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Digital Media 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 16 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, Eastern Asia, and Central-Eastern Europe. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 15 funds. There are also funds from Russia, Hungary and France. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and New York which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Santa Monica and San Mateo. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Spain, Panama, and Hungary. 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, Consumer and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2019. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 and in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 29, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 259.8 while median is 155.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 54.7 while median is 17.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 10. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -35.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 13.15 and the median is 16.51. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 5 – 10 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.01 at minimum and 0.99 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.31 and median is 0.21. The most common multiplicator value is 0.08.