Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Location Based Services 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Location Based Services industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Location Based Services is 274, which is 1.6% of the total amount of Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Location Based Services 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, , and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from Russia, Switzerland and India. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Palo Alto, New York and Moscow. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, Switzerland, and India. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, EdTech and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1969 and the newest one in 2019. In 2016 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24 and in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 178.1 while median is 75.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 14. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 60.4 while median is 28.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -59.0 and 26.8 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.4 and the median is -7.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs usually have 2 – 3, 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 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 1.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.33 and median is 0.16. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.