Top 10 Venture Capital Investors in Technology, Media, and Telecom Industry in the World in 2021 by Deal Value
Tiger Global Management LLC, Coatue Management LLC, Andreessen Horowitz LLC, Insight Partners, and SoftBank Vision Fund II are among the top 5 venture capital investors in the technology, media, and telecom industry in 2021 by deal value. In terms of the geographic split, 8 out of 10 of the world’s top 10 venture capital investors in the technology, media, and telecom industry are headquartered in North America, whereas the remaining 2 are based in Asia. They employed a total of 110,715 people in 2021. The Checkout’s (Checkout.com) Series C financing deal was one of the major VC deals in the technology, media, and telecom sector in 2021. Macfarlanes LLP, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corp served as legal advisors to Checkout Ltd. Checkout Ltd (Checkout) is a provider of online payment solutions. The company’s solutions include e-commerce payment solutions, fraud detection tools, and payment reporting tools. The company has secured $450 million in a Series C funding round from Endeavor Catalyst and Greenoaks Capital Management LLC. The deal was completed in Q1 2021. The BigHat Biosciences’ Series A financing deal was another major VC deal in the technology, media, and telecom sector in 2021. BigHat Biosciences Inc is a manufacturer of an AI-guided protein therapy platform that combines an antibody characterization lab with machine learning technology to create molecules with more sophisticated functionalities and biophysical features. The company has raised $19 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round from AME Cloud Ventures, Eight Partners LLC, Innovation Endeavors, and Andreessen Horowitz LLC. The deal was completed in Q1 2021.