Top 7 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 7 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Artificial Intelligence industry.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $2.2B, which is 2.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Artificial Intelligence industry over the last 4 years.

Top 7 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The funds are based in 2 regions: Western Europe and North America with the majority being in Western Europe. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 3 funds. There are also funds from Switzerland, Luxembourg and Finland. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Spain, Finland, and Denmark. For 2 funds in the sample, 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 Sales, Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1980 and the newest one in 2013. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 231. Average number of funding rounds is 86.6 while median is 38.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 109. Average amount of lead investments is 32.4 while median is 14.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 11.98 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.91 and the median is -0.79. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – No grouping tendencies in the amount of investors in the funding rounds were found in this sample. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 100-500 million and 10 – 50 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 1.09, 0.65 and 0.3 are less common.