Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Entertainment 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 Entertainment industry.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 1849, which is 37.1% of the total amount of rounds in the Entertainment industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Entertainment 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, North Africa and the Middle East, and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Russia and Portugal. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from New York, London and St Louis. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Spain, 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, Information Technology and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1996 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 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24, 2 – 6 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 37, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 289.4 while median is 179.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 73.8 while median is 29.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 12. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -22.28 and 28.68 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 8.55 and the median is 15.61. 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 1 – 5 million, less than 100 thousands and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.08 at minimum and 1.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.4 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.15.