Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Human Resources 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 Human Resources industry.

Amount of money raised in Human Resources funding rounds is $44.2B, which is 2.4% of the total amount of money raised over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Human Resources 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 10 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia, Western Europe, and South Asia. 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 Japan. The most common city is New York which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Beijing and Tokyo. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, Japan, 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 Enterprise Software, Business Development and Social Network.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2017. In 2011 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.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6 and in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 148.4 while median is 122.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 75.2 while median is 44.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.51 and the median is -11.74. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• 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 7 – 8 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 100-500 million and less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.36 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.52 and median is 0.39. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.