Top 19 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Hardware/Electronics industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 19 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 Hardware/Electronics industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 21, which is 67.7% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in the Hardware/Electronics industry over the last 2 years.

Top 19 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Hardware/Electronics 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Massachusetts, New York and Washington. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco, New York and Boston which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Seattle. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Kenya and France. 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, Gamification and Business Development.
• Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1937 and the newest one in 2017. In 2005 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 or 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 181. Average number of funding rounds is 43.4 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 109. Average amount of lead investments is 25.1 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -23.76 and the median is -25.67. 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 2 - 3, 5 - 6 or 7 - 8 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, 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 8.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.68 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.