Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed 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 in North America that have invested in Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Industrial field.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 1134, which is 60.7% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Industrial field over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Industrial field 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 San Francisco which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from New York, Washington and Brooklyn. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama and Canada. 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 Manufacturing, Real Estate and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2019. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 13 – 24, 24, and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 20, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 257.1 while median is 166.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 63.4 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -43.14 and 27.57 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.83 and the median is 16.83. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2, 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 1 – 5 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.2 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.2.