Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Digital Media 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 Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Digital Media industry.

Amount of money raised in Digital Media funding rounds is $609.7M, which is 1.6% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The funds are based in 2 regions: North America and Western Europe with the majority being in North America. The most common country among the top VCs is The United States which hosts 18 funds. There are also funds from France and Finland. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from New York, Los Angeles and Austin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, Germany, and France. 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, Manufacturing and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1996 and the newest one in 2019. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24 and in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 139.5 while median is 68.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 40.0 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -11.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 11.54 and the median is 12.02. 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 5 – 6 or 4 – 5 investors more often than in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.78 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.24 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.07.