Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in IT Infrastructure 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 2 years. They are actively investing in IT Infrastructure industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 72, which is 26.2% of the total amount of rounds in the IT Infrastructure 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 IT Infrastructure 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 12 funds. There are also funds from New York, Virginia and Maryland. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from New York, Menlo Park and Washington. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Panama 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Business Development and Security.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2016. In 2011 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, 2015 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 196.4 while median is 77.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 35. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 59.6 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -14.62 and 25.55 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.03 and the median is 7.67. 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, 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 1 – 5 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.19 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.3 and median is 0.23. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.