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 4 years. They are actively investing in Business Development industry. Business Development is all about helping a business to grow. It includes consulting, business processes outsourcing, subscription services, and so on.

Amount of money raised in Business Development funding rounds is $226.4B, which is 4.8% of the total amount of money raised over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Business Development 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 14 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia, Western Europe, and . The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, China and Russia. The most common city is New York which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Menlo Park and London. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, The United Kingdom, and Japan. 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 Finance. They also invest in Business Development, Banking and Social.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1865 and the newest one in 2017. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 13 - 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 29, the maximum is 694. Average number of funding rounds is 178.4 while median is 138.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 51.4 while median is 29.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 27.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.39 and the median is 1.2. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Late and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Private Equity and Debt stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 50 - 100 million. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 975000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 176666667.19 and median is 1.3. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.