Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Travel and Leisure 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Travel and Leisure industry.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $7.3B, which is 18.7% of the total amount of money raised in the Travel and Leisure industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Travel and Leisure 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 9 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Japan and Canada. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco, London and Tokyo which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Portola Valley. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Japan, and Ireland. For half 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 Telecommunications, Enterprise Software and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1912 and the newest one in 2017. In 2009 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2004 to 2020. 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 7 – 12, 13 – 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9, the maximum is 347. Average number of funding rounds is 67.1 while median is 39.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 205. Average amount of lead investments is 35.4 while median is 21.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -38.44 and 17.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.49 and the median is -10.6. 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, 5 – 6 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 50 – 100 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.04 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.29 and median is 0.19. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.