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

Amount of funding rounds in Open Source is 73, which is 0.3% 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 Open Source industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – VCs in the sample tend to reside in North America and Western Europe which host 9 funds each. There are also funds from Eastern Asia and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, China and Sweden. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and London which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Vienna and Stockholm. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Panama, and Luxembourg. 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 Enterprise Software, Social and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1969 and the newest one in 2017. 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 122.7 while median is 36.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 46.0 while median is 11.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -29.49 and 27.47 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.34 and the median is -3.86. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 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 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.88 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.18 and median is 0.15. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.