Top 15 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 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 Private Equity stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $2.3B, which is 5.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Software Engineering industry in North America over the last 5 years.

Top 15 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 4 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Washington and Toronto. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama 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 Banking. They also invest in Real Estate, Enterprise Software and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2015. 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, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 173.1 while median is 71.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 79.6 while median is 38.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -53.98 and 25.3 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -24.26 and the median is -23.38. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 50 – 100 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 7.74 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.68 and median is 0.21. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.