Eight Venture Capital Companies
List of startup venture capital companies in the world
To give you the most accurate ranking of the world’s largest VC firms, we measured each firm’s investment-to-exit ratio. The higher this ratio, the better the investment company has performed. An investment-to-exit ratio of 1 is bad because it represents a no-growth scenario, meaning that VC firms make one investment for every exit. When this ratio is higher than 1, the VC is considered a net buyer of the portfolio companies. We’ve listed for you the total number of investments and exits for each company, sourced from CrunchBase.
1) Lightspeed Venture
Investment company
Number of portfolio investments in 2020: 89 startups
Total number of investments: 889
Number of departures: 173
Investment to exit ratio: 19.46%
Headquarters: Menlo Park, California
Founded in 2000, the firm invests in consumer, business, technology and cleantech markets. It has recently added companies EverString, Gainsight and software company Qubole to its portfolio.
2) General Catalyst
Number of portfolio investments in 2020: 83
Total number of investments: 777
Total number of outputs: 135
Investment to exit ratio: 17.37%
Headquarters: Cambridge, MA
General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage and growth-stage startups in software, technology, big data, and transportation. The most prominent exits from investment firm General Catalyst are Snapchat, valued at $3.4 billion, and HubSpot.
3) Andreessen Horowitz
Number of portfolio investments in 2020: 91
Total number of investments: 879
Total number of exits: 145
Investment to exit ratio: 16.50%
Headquarters: Menlo Parr, California
Andreessen Horowitz was founded by famous entrepreneurs Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz in 2009 with $300 million. Currently, this company has a value of 2.7 billion dollars. The company invests from seed to growth in the consumer, commerce, biotech, healthcare, digital currency, fintech and technology sectors.
One of its recent exits is Asana, a web-based and mobile-based task management company valued at $3.99 billion in its IPO.
4) GGV Capital
Number of portfolio investments in 2020: 66
Total number of investments: 664
Number of outputs: 104
Investment to exit ratio: 15.66%
Headquarters: Menlo Park, California
GGV Capital is one of the world’s largest startup investment firms investing in the mobile, cloud, e-commerce and media sectors. Among its successful exits are through the initial offering of e-commerce platforms such as Poshmark and Wish Corporation (ContextLogic). Fintech company Affirm Holdings with a total value of $26.6 billion was another successful company that exited this VC company.
۵) Tiger Global Management
Number of portfolio investments in 2020: 76
Total number of investments: 489
Number of outputs: 74
Investment to exit ratio: 15.13%
Headquarters: New York
Tiger Global is an investment firm focused on public and private companies in the global Internet, software, consumer and financial technology industries. One of its most important investments is on Airbnb, and its successful exits include the two IPOs of Sumo Logic and the merger of Postmates.
۶) Greycroft
Number of portfolio investments in 2020: 79
Total number of investments: 606
Number of outputs: 89
Investment to exit ratio: 14.69%
Headquarters: New York
Founded in 2006, the company focuses on AI, data, fintech, healthcare, enterprise software, and gaming. Among the brands in the portfolio of this company, we can mention the transportation business RealReal and the dating site Bumble, which according to reports, its initial public offering is worth between 6 and 8 billion dollars.
Greycroft’s portfolio includes a total funding amount of $15.9 billion with an IPO with a total value of $1.7 billion.
۷) Khosla Ventures
Number of portfolio investments in 2020: 71
Total number of investments: 853
Total number of exits: 116
Investment to exit ratio: 13.60%
Headquarters: Menlo Park, California
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on green, internet, computing, mobile and silicon technology.
The company’s focus is on financial services, health, BIG DATA, agriculture and food, sustainable energy and robotics. including successful exits
Khosla Ventures is one of the VC firms that raised capital for Square (NYSE:SQ). Khosla Ventures’ popular exits include Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) and Big Switch Network.
۸) Global Founders Capital
Number of portfolio investments in 2020: 90
Total number of investments: 448
Number of outputs: 41
Investment to exit ratio: 9.15%
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Founded as a global player in 2013, the company has invested in companies in retail, fintech, internet, information and communication technology.
The GFC portfolio includes a total fund of $34.2 billion with a total of 8 IPOs worth $137.9 billion.
