Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in EdTech 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 EdTech industry.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $3.2B, which is 6.0% of the total amount of money raised in the EdTech industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in EdTech 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 16 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, South Asia, and Australia and Oceania. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 16 funds. There are also funds from Russia, India and France. There is an equal amount of VCs in New York and Boston which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from Sydney and Santa Monica. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from India, Russia, and France. 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 Business Development, Telecommunications and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1849 and the newest one in 2016. In 1999 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 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 and in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 236. Average number of funding rounds is 45.6 while median is 21.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 143. Average amount of lead investments is 27.0 while median is 12.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 10.82 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -23.14 and the median is -22.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -11.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 1 – 5 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.39 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.31 and median is 0.13. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.