Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Retail 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 in North America that have invested in Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Retail industry.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 606, which is 35.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Retail industry in North America over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from New York, Pennsylvania and District of Columbia. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from New York, Los Angeles and Washington. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Panama with the majority investing in The United States. For 8 funds in the sample, 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, Retail and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2016. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24, 7 – 12 or in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 242.4 while median is 133.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 57.0 while median is 12.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 12. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -8.36 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 11.89 and the median is 15.06. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors more often than in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.05 at minimum and 0.78 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.25 and median is 0.21. The most common multiplicator value is 0.08.