Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Consumer Goods industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in North America that have invested in Early stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Consumer Goods industry.
Consumer goods relate to items purchased by individuals and households rather than by manufacturers. It includes clothing and consumer electronics, hard products, like luxury and sporting goods, soft products, like textiles and paper products, and a variety of other goods like toys, musical instruments and tobacco.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 1232, which is 59.3% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Consumer Goods industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Consumer Goods industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. Half of VCs are based in Silicon Valley. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from New York, New Jersey and New Hampshire. There is an equal amount of VCs in New York and Menlo Park which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from San Francisco and Mountain View. 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 Business Development, Consumer and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2015. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 20, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 556.0 while median is 588.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 503. Average amount of lead investments is 102.2 while median is 53.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.86 and the median is 6.19. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 15.35 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.99 and median is 2.79. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.