Top 17 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Marketing industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 17 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Marketing industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 18, which is 64.3% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in the Marketing industry over the last 2 years.

Top 17 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Marketing industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from New York, Massachusetts and Wisconsin. The most common city is New York which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Menlo Park and Boston. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Japan with the majority investing in The United States. 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 Enterprise Software, Telecommunications and Sales.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2014. In 2006 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 13 – 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 101.1 while median is 42.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 47.9 while median is 31.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 7.93 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -31.41 and the median is -29.54. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -71.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors, less often in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 1 – 5 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.03 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.17 and median is 0.07. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.