Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications industry.
Telecommunications is about making communication possible. It includes providing cable and internet services, voice and video chatting, internet and communication software and hardware, as well as wireless technologies and NFC.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 2578, which is 34.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Telecommunications industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 14 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, Central-Eastern Europe, and . The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Russia and Portugal. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from New York, Berlin and Toronto. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, Singapore, 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 Finance. They also invest in Bio & Nano Technology, Medical Service and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 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 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 51, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 399.9 while median is 233.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 64.0 while median is 31.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 28.58 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.74 and the median is 19.88. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.04 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 31600000.39 and median is 0.21. The most common multiplicator value is 0.04.