Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Nanotechnology 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 Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Nanotechnology industry.
Nanotechnology is the use of matter on a molecular and atomic scale for industrial purposes, often for developing and manufacturing advanced materials.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 208, which is 72.2% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Nanotechnology industry over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. Half of VCs are based in Silicon Valley. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from New York, Massachusetts and District of Columbia. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Washington, New York and Mountain View. 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 Industrial, Manufacturing and Art (Auctions).
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1969 and the newest one in 2018. In 2013 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2017 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 186.5 while median is 54.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 503. Average amount of lead investments is 37.0 while median is 8.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -35.29 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.26 and the median is 11.41. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 6 – 7 or 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.64 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.45 and median is 1.3. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.