Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Security industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors that have invested in Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Security industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Security is 745, which is 4.3% of the total amount of Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Security industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, Central-Eastern Europe, and North Africa and the Middle East. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Israel and Hungary. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from London, Tallinn and St Louis. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Israel, The United Kingdom, and Panama. For half 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 Security, Gamification and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2018. In 2007 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 and in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 247.0 while median is 143.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 59.8 while median is 28.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -35.0 and 27.47 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.29 and the median is 10.67. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 3 – 4 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 1 – 5 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.36 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.08.