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

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $3.4B, which is 23.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Fashion industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Fashion industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – VCs in the sample tend to reside in North America and Eastern Asia which host 10 funds each. There are also funds from Western Europe. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from Japan, China and The United Kingdom. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tokyo and New York which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Menlo Park and London. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan, China, and Canada. 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 Social Network, Manufacturing and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1935 and the newest one in 2018. In 2018 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 347. Average number of funding rounds is 81.7 while median is 30.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 205. Average amount of lead investments is 32.0 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.77 and the median is -4.83. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 10 – 50 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.67 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.41 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.