Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Consumer Software 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 Consumer Software industry.

Amount of money raised in Consumer Software funding rounds is $5.7B, which is 1.0% 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 Consumer Software industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – VCs in the sample tend to reside in North America, Western Europe, and Eastern Asia which host 7 funds each. There are also funds from South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Japan and China. The most common city is London which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Menlo Park and Santa Monica. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Japan, and China. 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, Security and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2016. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2018, 2017 and 2020 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 302. Average number of funding rounds is 114.2 while median is 106.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 145. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 179. Average amount of lead investments is 59.1 while median is 43.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -29.7 and 27.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.21 and the median is -8.97. 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, 1 – 5 million or 50 – 100 million more often than 10 – 50 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 0.18 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.