Top 7 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Content 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 Content industry.

Amount of money raised in Content funding rounds is $2.4B, which is 1.6% of the total amount of money raised in Private Equity rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 7 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Content 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 5 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom and Germany. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom and Germany. For the majority of the funds, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Industry Focus –
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1849 and the newest one in 2014.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 181. Average number of funding rounds is 52.6 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. 4 funds in the sample have 2 lead investments which is the most common amount. 109, 69 and 45 are found less often. The most common value for the difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average for funds in the sample is -11.0. The values 10.818181818181817, -22.086956521739133 and -25.67289719626168 are less common.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors, less often in rounds with 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 1.09, 0.43 and 0.18 are less common.