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 over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Artificial Intelligence industry.

Amount of money raised in Artificial Intelligence funding rounds is $64.8B, which is 6.8% of the total amount of money raised over the last 2 years.

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

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia, Western Europe, and North Africa and the Middle East. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from China, The United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. There is an equal amount of VCs in New York and Beijing which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from San Francisco and Mountain View. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China and The United Kingdom. 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 Security, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2017. In 2008 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, 2020 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 2, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 72.0 while median is 28.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 29.7 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 10. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -48.78 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.44 and the median is -6.52. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -37.67.
  • Typical Rounds - Late and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 5 - 6 or 4 - 5 investors more often than in rounds with 8 - 9 or 7 - 8 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 - 50 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 100-500 million and 500 million - 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 5.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.96 and median is 0.37. The most common multiplicator value is 0.83.