Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 Late stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.
Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of funding rounds in Software Engineering is 508, which is 5.8% of the total amount of Late rounds in North America over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 Washington. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and Palo Alto which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from New York and Menlo Park. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Japan 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 Business Development, Gamification and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2016. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2013 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 24 and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 62, the maximum is 951. Average number of funding rounds is 406.1 while median is 287.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 5 and maximum is 276. Average amount of lead investments is 102.8 while median is 60.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 27. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 25.5 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.16 and the median is 1.39. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 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 1186000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 310587083.59 and median is 288750000.0.