Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Content 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Content industry.
Content is for creating and managing content. It includes content creators and creative agencies, discovery and delivery networks, and content management systems.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $13.7B, which is 5.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Content industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Content 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 16 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia, Western Europe, and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 16 funds. There are also funds from Japan, The United Kingdom and India. There is an equal amount of VCs in Palo Alto and New York which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Tokyo and Mountain View. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Japan with the majority investing in The United States. 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 Gamification, Medical Service and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2019. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2013 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 13 – 24 and 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 951. Average number of funding rounds is 242.8 while median is 166.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 276. Average amount of lead investments is 62.9 while median is 21.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.27 and the median is 3.47. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1186000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 88018333.77 and median is 0.21. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.