Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most funding rounds in Transportation 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 over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Transportation industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 2072, which is 50.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Transportation industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most funding rounds in Transportation industry 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 4 funds. There are also funds from New York, Mountain View and Menlo Park. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, Canada, and China. 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, Business Development and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1996 and the newest one in 2016. In 2011 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 – Usually VCs take part in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 7 – 12 or 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 285.1 while median is 191.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 77.4 while median is 25.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 12. 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 7.87 and the median is 16.96. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Venture stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs usually have 3 – 4, 1 – 2, 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million or less than 100 thousands more often than 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.03 at minimum and 1.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.26 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.2.