Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in IT Infrastructure 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 4 years. They are actively investing in IT Infrastructure industry.

Amount of money raised in IT Infrastructure funding rounds is $31.3B, which is 1.9% of the total amount of money raised over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in IT Infrastructure 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 12 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia and Western Europe. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from Japan, The United Kingdom and China. The most common city is New York which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Menlo Park and London. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan, Panama, and Mauritius. 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 Telecommunications, Consumer and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 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 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24 and in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 106.8 while median is 77.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 85. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 54.4 while median is 42.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. 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 -8.33 and the median is -13.58. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 4.0.
• Typical Rounds – Late and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 6 – 7 or 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 50 – 100 million, 10 – 50 million, less than 100 thousands or 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.05 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.35 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.25.