Top 11 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Agriculture industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 11 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Agriculture industry.
Agriculture covers everything that is grown for human use. It includes farming and cultivation, hydroponics and agtech, and forestry.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 11, which is 40.7% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in the Agriculture industry over the last 5 years.

Top 11 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Agriculture 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. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Kenya and India. 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 Finance. They also invest in Business Development, Industrial and Bio & Nano Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1956 and the newest one in 2018. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2004 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 or 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 241. Average number of funding rounds is 62.7 while median is 28.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 69. Average amount of lead investments is 18.5 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.87 and the median is 11.14. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 3 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 10 – 50 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 2000000000.0, 0.29 and 0.25 are less common.