Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Retail 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 Retail industry.
Retail is how producers of goods and services get their products to the consumer. It includes online and offline retail, shopping and vending, and retail technology.

Amount of money raised in Retail funding rounds is $198.2B, which is 4.2% of the total amount of money raised over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Retail 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, Western Europe, and North Africa and the Middle East. 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 South Korea. The most common city is New York which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Menlo Park and Boston. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan, China, and South Korea. 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 Banking, Business Development and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1852 and the newest one in 2019. 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2016 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 694. Average number of funding rounds is 152.2 while median is 130.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 138. Average amount of lead investments is 42.4 while median is 27.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -44.68 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.61 and the median is 2.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds in the sample usually invest in Late, Private Equity and Early stages. Debt stage is less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 600000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 115633333.74 and median is 0.8. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.