NORTH AMERICA`S TOP 20 INVESTORS WITH THE BIGGEST SUM OF LATE FUNDING ROUNDS IN RETAIL INDUSTRY OVER THE RECENT 4 YEARS

Intro

Here we describe 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 Late stage over the last 4 years. They are also actively investing in the Retail industry.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $12.7B, which is 40.7% of the total amount in the North America`s Retail industry in over the last 4 years.

NORTH AMERICA`S TOP 20 INVESTORS WITH THE BIGGEST SUM OF LATE FUNDING ROUNDS IN RETAIL INDUSTRY OVER THE RECENT 4 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. All funds are based in different cities. In this sample no city grouping tendencies were found. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, China, 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 – Banking is funds’ most common field for investments. They also invest in Business Development, Telecommunications and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1937 and the newest one in 2016. Most funds were founded in 2011 . 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 13 – 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4,and the maximum is 403. Average number of funding rounds is 91.4 while median is 43.5. 85 is The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 143. Average amount of lead investments is 44 while the median is 24. The most common amount of lead investments is only 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -39.75 and 23.12. The average value for this difference is -6.18 and the median is -4.38. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 9.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5, 6 or 7 investors. The most common round size is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, less than 100 thousands and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.31 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.75 and median is 0.45. The most common multiplicator value is 0.22.