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 Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in the Enterprise Software industry. Total number of funding rounds in Enterprise Software is 1963, which is 15.8% of the total amount of Seed rounds in North America over the last 4 years.

NORTH AMERICA'S TOP 20 INVESTORS THAT TOOK PART IN THE MOST SEED FUNDING ROUNDS IN ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY OVER THE RECENT YEARS
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in The United States while others are in Canada. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Washington, New York and Toronto. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama and Canada. 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 Manufacturing, Gamification and Telecommunications.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1975 and the youngest one in 2017. Most funds were founded In 2012. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2010 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 brought the most amount of deals.
  • Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 58, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 269.2 while median is 160.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 48.4 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 12. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -5.31 and 28.68 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 18.55 and the median is 21.22. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 1 – 5 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.05 at minimum and 1.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.33 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.2.