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 Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Art (Auctions) industry.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $542.3M, which is 5.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Art (Auctions) industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Art (Auctions) industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from South Asia, Western Europe, and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from India, Russia and Japan. The most common city is New York which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Mumbai and Austin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from India, Panama, 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 EdTech, Retail and Enterprise Software.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2018. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2020, 2018 and 2017 were also fruitful.
  • 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 7, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 145.4 while median is 59.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 57.6 while median is 20.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.29 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.06 and the median is 0.31. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 3 - 4 or 2 - 3 investors more often than in rounds with 4 - 5 or 5 - 6 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 5 - 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.04 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.38 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.