Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Travel and Leisure 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Travel and Leisure industry.

Amount of money raised in Travel and Leisure funding rounds is $1.0B, which is 1.8% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – VCs in the sample tend to reside in North America, Western Europe, and Eastern Asia which host 7 funds each. There are also funds from Latin America. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from Japan, The United Kingdom and Germany. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from London, Santa Monica and Santiago. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan, The United Kingdom, 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 Banking. They also invest in Consumer, Gamification and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2018. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2010 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 and in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 and in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 135.8 while median is 46.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 17. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 42.4 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.95 and the median is 10.3. 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 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 5 – 10 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.7 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.16 and median is 0.12. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.