Top 7 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Security industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 7 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 Security industry.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $1.5B, which is 6.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Security industry in North America over the last 2 years.

Top 7 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Security 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 3 funds. There are also funds from New York, Virginia and Connecticut. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Panama with the majority investing in The United States. 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 Real Estate, Security and Gamification.
• Important Years – 2020 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2013 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 or in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 142. Average number of funding rounds is 44.1 while median is 18.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 97. Average amount of lead investments is 27.1 while median is 11.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 4.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -31.24 and the median is -30.62. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – No grouping tendencies in the amount of investors in the funding rounds were found in this sample. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 500 million – 1 billion and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.22 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.47 and median is 0.23. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.