Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Social Network 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 Early stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Social Network industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 59, which is 52.7% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Social Network industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Social Network 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 13 funds. There are also funds from New York, Massachusetts and Indiana. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and New York which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Palo Alto and Menlo Park. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, The United Kingdom, and Israel. For 9 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 Gamification, Information Technology and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2001 and the newest one in 2019. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 1039. Average number of funding rounds is 122.8 while median is 62.0. 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 159. Average amount of lead investments is 33.4 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.88 and the median is 0.17. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 6 – 7 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 100-500 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.36 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.36 and median is 0.3. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.