North America: Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Civil Engineering industry over the recent years

Intro

As Civil Engineering industry is projected to grow more than two times by year 2028, this is the exact time to read about: The top 20 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 Civil Engineering industry’s Seed stage over the last 2 years.
Civil Engineering deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. It includes architecture and construction, green and smart buildings and cities, and home renovation.

Over the last 2 years the amount of money raised in Civil Engineering funding rounds is $657.4M, which is 2.6% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in North America.

North America: Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Civil 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. The majority of VCs are based in Silicon Valley. There are also funds from New York and Wyoming. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from New York, Menlo Park and San Diego. Top-1 investment geofocus for all VCs is The United States. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide for all the funds.
• Industry Focus – Although most of The funds’ most common field for investments is Finance, they also invest in Medical Service, Autonomous Vehicles and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2004 and the newest one in 2017. Most amount of funds were founded In 2015. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2010 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 brought the most successful exits.
• 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 19, the maximum is 512. Average number of funding rounds is 149.2 while median is 94.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 43. Average amount of lead investments is 10.1 while median is 6.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -1.1 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 17.71 and the median is 20.83. 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. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 50 – 100 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.8 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.49 and median is 0.49. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.