Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Cloud Computing industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in North America that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Cloud Computing industry.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $2.0B, which is 8.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Cloud Computing industry in North America over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Cloud Computing industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in The United States while others are in Canada. The most common city is New York which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Boston and Menlo Park. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Canada 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 Telecommunications, Business Development and Security.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1852 and the newest one in 2015. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 251. Average number of funding rounds is 65.0 while median is 39.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 64. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 103. Average amount of lead investments is 36.4 while median is 30.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 103. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 4.74 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -29.21 and the median is -28.04. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -71.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 5 – 10 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 7.74 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.48 and median is 0.12. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.