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Social Industry: North America’s Top 20 Investors According To The Sum of Late Funding Rounds

Social Industry: North America’s Top 20 Investors According To The Sum of Late Funding Rounds

Intro

The Social Industry aims to solve different cultural and social issues through a range of creative solutions. The field tackles a wide array of issues, ranging from public safety to government and politics, to religion, to LGBTQ+ equality, and many more not listed here. Social issues have existed for a very long time and they do not seem to be going away any time soon. As long as those issues are prevalent within society, there will remain the need for new and creative solutions, allowing room for new startups. As these issues begin to draw more attention in the public eye and the public becomes more invested in solving them, the industry will continue to grow, making it promising for investors.

The following article and chart outline the top 20 North American investors, including both VC funds and corporate investors, that are actively investing in the Social Industry and have been over the course of the last 3 years. These calculations were made according to the total amount of money raised in funding rounds. The sum of money raised in Social funding rounds amounts to $15.6B, accounting for 1.8% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds in North America over the last 3 years.

Social Industry: North America’s Top 20 Investors According To The Sum of Late Funding Rounds
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography – All of the VCs in the sample are located in The United States, the majority divided equally between California and New York, each state hosting 7 funds. The remainder of the funds is found in states such as Massachusetts and Maryland. When it comes to cities, New York is home to the most funds, at 6. Funds are also located in Menlo ParkSan Francisco, and Palo Alto. The majority of the funds tend to most frequently invest in startups from the country of their establishment, so the top-1 investment geo-focus for all VCs ends up being The United States.
  • Industry Focus – Funds in the sample most commonly invest in startups in the Finance field, but they are also willing to invest in the Business DevelopmentInsurance, and Gamification fields.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2018, with the most amount of funds being founded in 1995. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2021 and for some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exists happened between 2011 and 2021 and for some funds, 2013 was the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments – VCs in the sample will typically take part in and in 13-24 funding rounds per year. The number of fundings rounds for VCs in the sample ranges from to 951, with the average falling closer to the lower end of the spectrum at 262.6 and the median dipping even lower at 130.0. When it comes to lead investments, the amount for funds in the sample ranges from to 276, with the average falling at 82.8 and the median a little below it at 43.0. Most commonly, the amount of lead investments falls at 19. The index of difference in percentage points of lead investments can help identify how likely it is that the given funds will act as lead investors. For the current sample, this value ranges between -31.14 at the minimum and 29.0 at the maximum, with the average falling at -2.43 and the median at -2.75. This indicates that these funds will act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds – Usually VCs will participate in rounds with 4-5 investors and will participate less often in rounds with 5-6 investors. Funds in the sample have an average round size of 100-500 million and 10-50 million. A fund’s average multiplier for portfolio companies at the last known valuation ranges from 0.03 at the minimum and 1186000000.0 at the maximum, with the average being at 138342105.64 and the median falling a lot closer to the lower end of the spectrum at 0.62.
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