Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Cloud Computing 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 in Late stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Cloud Computing industry.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $24.6B, which is 46.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Cloud Computing industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Cloud Computing 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 majority of VCs are located in The United States while others are in China. The most common city is Menlo Park which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from New York, San Francisco and Beijing. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China 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 Business Development, Gamification and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2014. In 2008 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 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6, 7 – 12 or 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 148.5 while median is 103.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 74.0 while median is 56.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -39.75 and 14.71 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.2 and the median is -5.38. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, 50 – 100 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.15 at minimum and 5.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.77 and median is 0.38. The most common multiplicator value is 0.22.