Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Telecommunications industry.

Amount of money raised in Telecommunications funding rounds is $52.3B, which is 10.6% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds over the last 4 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – VCs in the sample tend to reside in North America and Eastern Asia which host 7 funds each. There are also funds from Western Europe and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from China, The United Kingdom and Japan. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, India, and Japan. For 8 funds in the sample, 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 Telecommunications, Gamification and Enterprise Software.
• 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. 2019 holds the most deals for 10 VCs. 2018, 2020 and 2017 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 13 – 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11, the maximum is 285. Average number of funding rounds is 105.4 while median is 82.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 38. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 7 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 63.5 while median is 40.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 11. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 4.51 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -17.21 and the median is -15.14. 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 7 – 8 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is 100-500 million. Other common ranges are 10 – 50 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.16 at minimum and 8.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.03 and median is 0.6.