Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in EdTech 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 2 years. They are actively investing in EdTech industry.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 400, which is 34.8% of the total amount of rounds in the EdTech industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in EdTech 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, South Asia, and . The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, India and Switzerland. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from New York, London and White Plains. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from India, The United Kingdom, and Panama. For half 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 EdTech, Human Resources and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2018. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 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 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24 and in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 218.7 while median is 89.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 57.2 while median is 13.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.29 and 26.8 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.3 and the median is 12.96. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 1 – 2 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.04 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.39 and median is 0.19. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.