Top 9 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Marketplace industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 9 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Marketplace industry.

Amount of money raised in Marketplace funding rounds is $941.2M, which is 0.9% of the total amount of money raised in Private Equity rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 9 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Marketplace 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 majority of VCs are located in The United States while others are in France. The most common city is New York which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Paris and Palo Alto. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and France with the majority investing in The United States. 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 Enterprise Software and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1976 and the newest one in 2013. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2014 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 – 6 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 347. Average number of funding rounds is 74.1 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 205. Average amount of lead investments is 45.8 while median is 9.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 23.44 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -24.32 and the median is -21.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors more often than 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 10 – 50 million, 50 – 100 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.73 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.24 and median is 0.23. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.