Top 14 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 14 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 Genetics/Diagnostics industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics is 14, which is 1.2% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in North America over the last 5 years.

Top 14 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics 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. The most common city is New York which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Chicago and Rosamond. 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. They also invest in Marketing, Information Technology and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1965 and the newest one in 2015. In 1994 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 209. Average number of funding rounds is 44.1 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 45. Average amount of lead investments is 14.3 while median is 7.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -58.5 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.4 and the median is -2.37. It means that these funds act as lead investors less 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 1 – 2, 2 – 3 or 9 – 10 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.13 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.17 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.