Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Sales 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 Sales industry.
Sales is about finding, contacting, and communicating with potential buyers. It includes lead generation and management, sales automation, and CRM, as well as direct sales.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 326, which is 68.9% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Sales industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Sales 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 14 funds. There are also funds from New York, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. The most common city is Menlo Park which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Palo Alto and New York. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, Nigeria, and Germany. 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, Enterprise Software and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2017. In 1996 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. 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, 2014 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16, the maximum is 737. Average number of funding rounds is 330.2 while median is 285.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 5 and maximum is 221. Average amount of lead investments is 74.4 while median is 50.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 33. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 23.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.09 and the median is 2.17. 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 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 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 664000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 127068333.5 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.