Top 8 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Sharing Economy industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 8 investors according to the total amount of 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 Sharing Economy industry.

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 8, which is 0.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Sharing Economy industry over the last 5 years.

Top 8 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Sharing Economy industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 4 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe and . The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 3 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Russia and Luxembourg. 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 Russia, France, and China. 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 Social, Telecommunications and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2012. In 1994 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 and in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10, the maximum is 236. Average number of funding rounds is 69.8 while median is 42.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 8 and maximum is 143. Average amount of lead investments is 36.2 while median is 19.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -61.0 and 11.98 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -21.5 and the median is -21.54. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors, less often in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 50 – 100 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. 0.36, 0.18 and 0.14 are less common.