Top 14 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in IT Infrastructure industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 14 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 5 years. They are actively investing in IT Infrastructure industry.
IT infrastructure refers to the software, hardware, network resources, and services associated with the management information technology environment. It includes technical support, data center, and IaaS.

Amount of money raised in IT Infrastructure funding rounds is $3.0B, which is 1.2% of the total amount of money raised in Private Equity rounds in North America over the last 5 years.

Top 14 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in IT Infrastructure 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 4 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Washington and New York. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from India and Canada. 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 Business Development, Social and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1933 and the newest one in 2017. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2018, 2019, and 2009 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 or 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 395. Average number of funding rounds is 118.9 while median is 81.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 103. Average amount of lead investments is 35.4 while median is 24.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -38.74 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.53 and the median is 0.66. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 7 – 8 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. 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 1333333333.33 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 189205128.43 and median is 0.25. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.