Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Social Network 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Social Network industry.

Amount of money raised in Social Network funding rounds is $4.9B, which is 1.2% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Social Network 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 8 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 7 VCs each. There are also funds from Japan and India. There is an equal amount of VCs in Shanghai and Menlo Park which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from New York and Xuhui. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and China. They also invest in India and Japan. 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 Enterprise Software, Software Engineering and Gamification.
• Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2015. In 2011 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 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 - 12 or in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 123.4 while median is 82.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 63.8 while median is 31.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -33.96 and 19.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.25 and the median is -11.95. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 - 4, 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 less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.71 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.49 and median is 0.32. The most common multiplicator value is 0.19.