Top 10 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Consumer industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 10 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Consumer industry.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $3.3B, which is 10.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Consumer industry in North America over the last 2 years.

Top 10 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Consumer industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. New York is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 4 funds. There are also funds from California, Washington and Maryland. The most common city is New York which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Seattle and Greenwich. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Mauritius and Kenya. 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 Business Development and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1937 and the newest one in 2018. 2019 holds the most deals for 5 VCs. 2020, 2018 and 2017 were also fruitful.
• 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 3, the maximum is 181. Average number of funding rounds is 44.3 while median is 16.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 20. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 109. Average amount of lead investments is 21.7 while median is 5.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.72 and the median is -6.04. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 6 – 7 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 7 – 8 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, more than 1 billion and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.31 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.79 and median is 0.52. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.