Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Marketplace 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Marketplace industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 328, which is 29.4% of the total amount of rounds in the Marketplace industry in North America over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Marketplace 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, Illinois and District of Columbia. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and New York which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Washington and Chicago. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from India and Panama. 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 Consumer, Marketplace and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1956 and the newest one in 2019. In 1996 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2020. For some funds, 2015 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 223.6 while median is 104.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 85. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 77.4 while median is 26.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -67.0 and 27.86 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.47 and the median is 0.08. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 1 – 5 million. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, less than 100 thousands and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.03 at minimum and 1.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.37 and median is 0.27. The most common multiplicator value is 0.2.