Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Information Technology 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Information Technology industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Information Technology is 2979, which is 13.0% of the total amount of Seed rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Information Technology 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, Central-Eastern Europe, and Latin America. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Russia and Hungary. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Washington, Mountain View and Berlin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, Hungary, and Germany. 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, Gamification and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2017. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 and in 13 – 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 52, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 338.0 while median is 188.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 73.6 while median is 43.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -35.0 and 28.68 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.24 and the median is 17.75. It means that these funds act as lead investors more 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. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 1 – 5 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.99 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.31 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.07.