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 5 years. They are actively investing in Location Based Services industry.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $3.0B, which is 13.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Location Based Services industry over the last 5 years.

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

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - VCs in the sample tend to reside in Western Europe and North America which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 3 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Japan 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 3 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 Telecommunications and Information Technology.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2017. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 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, 2 or in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 100.6 while median is 20.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 52.3 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 8. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.0 and 1.73 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -27.14 and the median is -27.25. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 - 2, 6 - 7 or 4 - 5 investors. Average round size for all funds is different. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.05 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.37 and median is 0.25. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.