Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Banking 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 Private Equity stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.
Banking handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. It includes lending and credit, banking institutions, debit cards, and transaction processing.

Amount of money raised in Banking funding rounds is $11.9B, which is 3.1% of the total amount of money raised in Private Equity rounds over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 15 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, South Asia, and . The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Canada and Russia. There is an equal amount of VCs in New York and San Francisco which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from London and Washington. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, India, and China. 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 Finance. They also invest in Real Estate, Business Development and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2017. In 1992 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2019 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 49, the maximum is 737. Average number of funding rounds is 228.2 while median is 169.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 62. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 10 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 65.7 while median is 40.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 24. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 16.5 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.36 and the median is 0.45. 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 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is 100-500 million. Other common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 600000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 129828333.75 and median is 0.84. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.