Top 19 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Sales 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 Sales industry.
Sales is about finding, contacting, and communicating with potential buyers. It includes lead generation and management, sales automation, and CRM, as well as direct sales.

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 21, which is 3.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Sales industry in North America over the last 2 years.

Top 19 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Sales 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 8 funds. There are also funds from New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. There is an equal amount of VCs in New York and San Francisco which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Boston and Wayne. Top-1 investment geofocus for all VCs is 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 Finance. They also invest in Gamification, Enterprise Software and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1980 and the newest one in 2015. In 1999 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. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2020, 2016, and 2021 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 554. Average number of funding rounds is 148.8 while median is 82.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 138. Average amount of lead investments is 36.6 while median is 32.0. 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 26.96 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -13.57 and the median is -7.61. 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 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 597375000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 59151316.43 and median is 0.21. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.