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Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Retail industry over the recent years

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Retail 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Retail industry.
Retail is how producers of goods and services get their products to the consumer. It includes online and offline retail, shopping and vending, and retail technology.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $22.8B, which is 11.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Retail industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Retail 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 15 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, South Asia, and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 15 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Sweden and South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and New York which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Washington and Stockholm. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, The United Kingdom, and Sweden. 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 Consumer, E-Commerce Platforms and Retail.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1996 and the newest one in 2018. In 1998 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2002 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2014 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 287.6 while median is 154.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 154. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 63.8 while median is 28.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.26 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.33 and the median is 10.04. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 632000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 59100000.23 and median is 0.21. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.
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