Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Digital Media 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 over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Digital Media industry.
Digital Media is digitized content that can be transferred through the internet and various electronic devices. It includes music and video streaming, blogging platforms and podcasts, and online portals and news.

Amount of money raised in Digital Media funding rounds is $108.7B, which is 2.1% of the total amount of money raised over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The funds are based in 2 regions: North America and Eastern Asia with the majority being in North America. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from China, South Korea and Japan. The most common city is New York which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Menlo Park and Hong Kong Island. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, South Korea, 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 Social, Real Estate and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2018. In 2009 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2016 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 18, the maximum is 951. Average number of funding rounds is 248.2 while median is 166.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 276. Average amount of lead investments is 69.8 while median is 40.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 23. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.69 and the median is -3.97. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• 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 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1186000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 110000000.47 and median is 0.41. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.