Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Virtual Currency 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 Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Virtual Currency industry.
Virtual currency is an electronic representation of value and can be traded or used as payment. It includes cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and etherium.

Amount of funding rounds in Virtual Currency is 568, which is 2.0% of the total amount of Seed rounds in North America over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Virtual Currency industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. The majority of VCs are based in Silicon Valley. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from New York, Texas and North Carolina. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from New York, Menlo Park and San Mateo. Top-1 investment geofocus for all VCs is 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 Legal, Gamification and Entertainment.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1994 and the newest one in 2018. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2018, 2017, and 2021 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 14, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 299.6 while median is 105.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 24. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 503. Average amount of lead investments is 65.7 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 11.93 and the median is 18.66. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 6 – 7 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 14.53 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.6 and median is 2.58. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.