Below you can find the list of the 5 biggest VC companies in the world. For a detailed coverage of this topic and a more comprehensive list, please see the 15 Biggest VC Companies in the World.
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5. Sequoia Capital
Number of Portfolio Investments in 2020: 101
Total Number of Investments: 1438
Total Exits: 304
Investment to Exit Ratio: 21.14%
Headquarters: Menlo Park, CA
Sequoia Capital is one of the 15 biggest VC companies in the world. According to the recent data from CrunchBase, Sequoia Capital is the second biggest investor of the year from an exit point of view with 304 exits. The notable VC firm was an early investor in Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB), DoorDash (NYSE:DASH), and Unity Technologies (NYSE:U). Sequoia Capital also claimed the leading position as the most active early-stage investor with the upfront investment in 9 unicorn exit companies, including LinkedIn, Palo Alto Networks, and WhatsApp.
4. Index Ventures
Number of Portfolio Investments in 2020: 66
Total Number of Investments: 864
Total Exits: 183
Investment to Exit Ratio: 21.18%
Headquarters: London, UK
Index Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 1996. The portfolio of the VC company includes investments in seed, early-stage, and growth-stage companies operating in the media, retail, entertainment, fintech, software, business services, infrastructure, travel, healthcare, and communications sectors.
Among the company’s notable exits include Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX), Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY), and Just Eat.
3. Bessemer Venture Partners
Number of Portfolio Investments in 2020: 81
Total Number of Investments: 1043
Total Exits: 221
Investment to Exit Ratio: 21.19%
Headquarters: Redwood City, CA
The California-based Bessemer Venture ranks 3rd on our list of the 15 biggest VC companies in the world, with a total number of 1,043 investments. The firm aims to invest in seed and early-stage companies in the consumer, cybersecurity, clean technology, energy, healthcare, financial services, mobile, data security, cloud computing, software, communications, and manufacturing sectors.
Bessemer was an early investor of Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) and has numerous acquisitions such as CRM platform Pipedrive and software company Second Measure.
2. Insight Partners
Number of Portfolio Investments in 2020: 78
Total Number of Investments: 486
Total Exits: 111
Investment to Exit Ratio: 22.84%
Headquarters: New York, NY
Insight Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in high-level technology and software companies. Founded in 1995, the business has more than $20 billion of assets under management and has invested cumulatively in more than 300 companies globally.
Among its well-known exits are the gourmet ready-made meal subscription Freshly valued at $950 million and real-time intelligence information solutions GoSpotCheck valued at $70 million.
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1. Google Ventures
Number of Portfolio Investments in 2020: 78
Total Number of Investments: 802
Total Exits: 184
Investment to Exit Ratio: 22.94%
Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
Topping the list of the 15 biggest VC companies in the world is Google Ventures, a venture arm of Alphabet Inc. It provides seed, venture, and growth-stage funding to consumer, enterprise, life sciences, and tech sectors. The venture capital firm was founded in 2009 by Bill Maris. Google Venture has a portfolio of 300 active companies, $5 billion under management, 36 IPOs, and more than 135 mergers and acquisitions.
The most popular and successful investments of GV include Uber (NYSE:UBER), Slack Technologies (NYSE:WORK), Ripple, and Cloudera (NYSE:CLDR).
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