Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms 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 E-Commerce Platforms industry.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $60.5B, which is 43.1% of the total amount of money raised in the E-Commerce Platforms industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – VCs in the sample tend to reside in Eastern Asia and North America which host 10 funds each. There are also funds from Western Europe and South Asia. The most common countries among top VCs are The United States and China. They host 8 VCs each. There are also funds from Japan and The United Kingdom. The most common city is New York which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong Island. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and China. They also invest in Japan 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, Telecommunications and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 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 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 – 6, 13 – 24, and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 139.5 while median is 115.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 192. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 8 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 78.6 while median is 55.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 5.47 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -16.28 and the median is -16.58. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 or 7 – 8 investors. Funds in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million or 100-500 million more often than 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.06 at minimum and 1.79 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.63 and median is 0.42. The most common multiplicator value is 0.38.