Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Transportation industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors that have invested in Early stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Transportation industry.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $34.4B, which is 30.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Transportation industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Transportation industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common region for top VCs is Eastern Asia which hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from North America and Western Europe. The most common country among top VCs is China which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from Japan, The United States and The United Kingdom. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, San Francisco and Menlo Park. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States and Japan. 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 Telecommunications, Manufacturing and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2017. In 1998 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 276. Average number of funding rounds is 57.2 while median is 34.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 115. Average amount of lead investments is 23.8 while median is 9.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.37 and the median is -1.56. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 9.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 4 – 5 or 9 – 10 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, less than 100 thousands and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.39 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.45 and median is 0.3.