Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Film/Video/TV 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 Film/Video/TV industry.

Amount of money raised in Film/Video/TV funding rounds is $26.3B, which is 1.4% of the total amount of money raised over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Film/Video/TV industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – VCs in the sample tend to reside in North America and Eastern Asia which host 8 funds each. There are also funds from Western Europe. The most common countries among top VCs are The United States and Japan. They host 8 VCs each. There are also funds from France and Sweden. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Paris and Menlo Park. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan, France, and India. 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 Telecommunications, E-Commerce Platforms and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2016. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2019. For some funds, 2017 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 7, the maximum is 255. Average number of funding rounds is 85.2 while median is 42.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 42. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 40.4 while median is 17.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.68 and the median is -2.73. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 14.71.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Late, Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million, more often than 50 – 100 million or 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.03 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.25 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.