Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Electronics 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 that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Electronics industry.
Electronics is about manufacturing, design and development, assembly, and servicing of electronic equipment and components. It includes hardware, semiconductor, and b2c electronics (mobile devices, household appliances, sensors etc.).

Amount of funding rounds in Electronics is 3237, which is 7.6% of the total amount of Early rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Electronics industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia and Western Europe. The most common country among the top VCs is The United States which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from China and Germany. The majority of VCs are based in Silicon Valley. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Beijing which host 3 funds each. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and China 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, Transportation and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2019. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 35, the maximum is 1304. Average number of funding rounds is 516.4 while median is 573.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 276. Average amount of lead investments is 97.6 while median is 100.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -13.01 and 23.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.81 and the median is 5.47. 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 100-500 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.37 at minimum and 63.55 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 5.97 and median is 3.52.