Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $10.1B, which is 40.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Software Engineering industry over the last 2 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The funds are based in 2 regions: North America and Western Europe with the majority being in North America. The most common country among the top VCs is The United States which hosts 17 funds. There are also funds from France and The United Kingdom. The most common city is Menlo Park which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, New York and Boston. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from France, The United Kingdom, 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 Enterprise Software, Business Development and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1947 and the newest one in 2016. In 1984 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 186.0 while median is 70.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 39. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 9 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 76.5 while median is 26.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 11. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.25 and 11.76 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.19 and the median is -3.2. 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 6 – 7, 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, less than 100 thousands and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.88 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.28 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.