The Hurun Research Institute released its Global Venture Capitalists 2022 Half-Year Report on Sept 6, a ranking of the world's most successful venture capital investors based on the number of unicorns and gazelles they invested in.
Both unicorns and gazelles are start-ups founded after the year 2000 and not yet listed on a public exchange. A unicorn has a valuation of over $1 billion, while a gazelle is worth over $500 million and most likely to reach a valuation of $1 billion within three years.
There are 1,312 unicorns and 621 gazelles in the world, according to data as of June 2022.
Let's take a look at the top 10 global venture capitalists by June 2022.
No 10 Lightspeed
Number of investments: 92
Screenshot from lsvp.com
No 9 Insight Partners
Number of investments: 109
Screenshot from venture capital firm insightpartners.com.
No 8 Andreessen Horowitz
Number of investments: 110
A logo sign at the headquarters of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz in Menlo Park, California on Dec 6, 2014. [Photo/IC]
No 7 Y Combinator
Number of investments: 111
A logo sign at the headquarters of Y Combinator in Mountain View, California on Dec 6, 2014. [Photo/IC]
No 5 Accel (tie)
Number of investments: 115
Screenshot from venture capital firm accel.com.
No 5 CICC Capital (tie)
Number of investments: 115
Screenshot from cicccapital.com.cn
No 4 Tencent
Number of investments: 122
A Tencent sign is seen at the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, Oct 20, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
No 3 Tiger Global
Number of investments: 196
Screenshot from tigerglobal.com.
No 2 SoftBank
Number of investments: 217
SoftBank Corp's logo is pictured at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Feb 4, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
