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

Amount of money raised in EdTech funding rounds is $17.5B, which is 3.1% 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 EdTech industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common region for top VCs is Eastern Asia which hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from North America, Western Europe, and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from China, Japan and The United Kingdom. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, New York and Menlo Park. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and China. They also invest in Japan 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, EdTech and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1973 and the newest one in 2016. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2020 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 – 6, 7 – 12, and 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 136.2 while median is 103.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 46.5 while median is 23.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 14. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -33.96 and 27.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.5 and the median is -1.61. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million or 100 thousands – 1 million, more often than 1 – 5 million or less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 8.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.65 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.