Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 Software Engineering industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 617, which is 67.2% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Software Engineering industry over the last 4 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in The United States while others are in Canada. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Menlo Park, Mountain View and Vancouver. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, China, and Canada. For 7 funds in the sample, 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 Software Engineering.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2017. In 1997 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6, 7 – 12 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 200.6 while median is 119.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 39. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 98.0 while median is 60.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -35.0 and 23.87 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.06 and the median is -6.03. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 5 – 10 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.89 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.36 and median is 0.32. The most common multiplicator value is 0.28.