Top 19 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Retail industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 19 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Retail industry.
Retail is how producers of goods and services get their products to the consumer. It includes online and offline retail, shopping and vending, and retail technology.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North America is $7.3B, which is 70.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Retail industry in Private Equity rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 19 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Retail 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Menlo Park, Boston and Washington. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Germany and Canada. 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, Business Development and Banking.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1849 and the newest one in 2016. In 1995 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2016 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 358. Average number of funding rounds is 110.5 while median is 92.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 112. Average amount of lead investments is 31.0 while median is 21.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. 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 -7.18 and the median is -2.62. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -71.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 50 – 100 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 494000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 47011765.02 and median is 0.25. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.