North America’s top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Enterprise Software industry over the recent years

Intro

Here are 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 Private Equity stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Enterprise Software industry.

Over the recent years amount of funding rounds in Enterprise Software is 132, which is 13.5% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in North America over the last 4 years.

North America’s top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Enterprise Software industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in The United States while others are in Canada. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and New York which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from Menlo Park and Washington. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and India with the majority investing in The United States. And of course 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 Banking. But they also invest in Business Development, Real Estate and Social Industry.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the youngest one in 2009. Most amount of funds were founded in 1992. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 brought the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10, while the maximum is 463. And Average number of funding rounds is 109.4 while median is 77.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 8 and maximum is 226. The average amount of lead investments is 58.0 while median is 41.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 41. And index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.0 and 10.2 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -26.09 and the median is -26.55. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -37.67.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 50 – 100 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 7.74 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.62 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.