Top 15 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Security 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 that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Security industry.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $1.8B, which is 3.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Security industry over the last 3 years.

Top 15 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Security industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe and North Africa and the Middle East. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Switzerland and Israel. The most common city is New York which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Toronto and Ramat Hasharon. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Spain, and Panama. 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, Security and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1966 and the newest one in 2014. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2019. 2018 and 2017 were less fruitful.
• 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 3, the maximum is 266. Average number of funding rounds is 60.7 while median is 37.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 222. Average amount of lead investments is 44.3 while median is 24.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 4.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -36.29 and the median is -37.47. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -71.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 8 – 9 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, 50 – 100 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.22 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.33 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.