Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Art (Auctions) industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Art (Auctions) industry.

Amount of money raised in Art (Auctions) funding rounds is $2.5B, which is 0.5% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Art (Auctions) 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 9 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, 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 Japan, Germany and The United Kingdom. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, New York and Vienna. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan, Sweden, and Panama. 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 Real Estate, Marketplace and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1966 and the newest one in 2018. In 1996 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 and in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 347. Average number of funding rounds is 106.0 while median is 95.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 205. Average amount of lead investments is 50.8 while median is 33.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -42.43 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.34 and the median is -3.88. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million, more often than 50 – 100 million or 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.69 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.23 and median is 0.19. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.