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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 2 years. They are actively investing in Gaming industry. Gaming is about development, marketing, and monetization of video games. It includes online and offline games for pc and console and eSports.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 316, which is 32.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Gaming industry in North America over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Gaming industry over the recent years
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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 11 funds. There are also funds from New York, Illinois and Washington. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from New York, Menlo Park and Chicago. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and China 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 Finance. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Business Development and Mobile/Apps.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1990 and the newest one in 2018. In 1996 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2010 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Funds equally often participate in 2 and 7 - 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16, the maximum is 951. Average number of funding rounds is 325.2 while median is 174.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 127. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 276. Average amount of lead investments is 63.6 while median is 30.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.2 and the median is 8.79. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 20.34.
  • 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 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 10.82 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.16 and median is 1.88. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.