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 4 years. They are actively investing in Marketplace industry.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $20.7B, which is 51.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Marketplace industry over the last 4 years.

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

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, China and Japan. The most common city is London which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from New York, San Francisco and Menlo Park. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Germany, China, 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, Telecommunications and Business Development.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2017. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 - 24, 7 - 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 129.8 while median is 87.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 205. Average amount of lead investments is 64.0 while median is 34.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 6.78 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -10.53 and the median is -8.61. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 4 - 5 or 3 - 4 investors more often than in rounds with 2 - 3 or 5 - 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common ranges are 50 - 100 million, 10 - 50 million and 1 - 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.03 at minimum and 2.67 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.87 and median is 0.73.