Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Information Services 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 Private Equity stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Information Services industry.
Information services create, manage, and deliver information. It includes cloud computing, systems and information management, and IT consulting and outsourcing.

Amount of funding rounds in Information Services is 53, which is 6.9% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in North America over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Information Services 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 Boston which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from New York, San Francisco and Washington. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Canada 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 Finance. They also invest in Banking, Business Development and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1852 and the newest one in 2011. In 1984 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 10 VCs. 2020, 2017 and 2000 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2016 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 422. Average number of funding rounds is 90.6 while median is 54.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 96. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 112. Average amount of lead investments is 30.0 while median is 22.0. 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 -18.93 and the median is -15.22. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -71.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 601000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 60050000.69 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.