Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Industrial field 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 Early stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Industrial field.

Amount of funding rounds in Industrial is 939, which is 9.2% of the total amount of Early rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Industrial field 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 12 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, , and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from Netherlands, France and China. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Zuid-Holland, Manchester and Boulder. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, China, and Germany. 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 Manufacturing, Information Technology and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1996 and the newest one in 2017. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. The most amount of deals which is 7 was made in 2019, 2020 and 2018. 2015 was less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 147.0 while median is 45.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 45. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 6 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 55.1 while median is 21.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -64.75 and 18.83 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.58 and the median is -0.44. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 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 0.65 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.17 and median is 0.12. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.